Bitter Roots - The Search for Healing Plants in Africa

Draws on publicly available records and interviews with scientists and healers in Ghana, Madagascar, and South Africa to interpret how African scientists and healers, rural communities, and drug companies have sought since the 1880s to develop drugs from Africa's medicinal plants.

Summary

Draws on publicly available records and interviews with scientists and healers in Ghana, Madagascar, and South Africa to interpret how African scientists and healers, rural communities, and drug companies have sought since the 1880s to develop drugs from Africa's medicinal plants.

Product details

• Authors: Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, Osseo-Asare Abena Dove
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2014
• EAN: 9780226086026
• ISBN: 978-0-226-08602-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / History, MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, Africa, History of Science, complementary medicine, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies