Botanical miracles: chemistry of plants that changed the world/
Cooper, Raymond
Botanical miracles: chemistry of plants that changed the world/ Raymond Cooper and Jeffrey John Deakin - Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2016. - xix, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Introduction. Aims and purpose --
Importance and role of natural products --
Organic chemistry --
Medical marvels. Introduction --
Central America's humble potato! --
Europe solves a headache! : emergence of aspirin --
Attacking malaria : a South American treasure (but not gold) and a Chinese miracle --
A steroid in your garden --
Africa's gift to the world --
Saving the Pacific yew tree --
Modern miracles of foods and ancient grains. Introduction --
Rediscovering traditional grains of the Americas : chia and quinoa --
Foods of the Fertile Crescent : ancient wheat --
Asian staple : rice --
Chinese cordyceps : winter worm, summer grass --
Garlic and pungent smells --
Beverages. Introduction --
Tea : from legend to healthy obsession! --
Cocoa (cacao) : food of the gods --
Coffee : wake up and smell the aroma! --
Maca from the high Andes in South America --
Euphorics. Introduction --
Morphine : a two-edged sword --
Cannabis and marijuana --
Coca and cocaine --
Tobacco : a profound impact on the world --
Exotic potions, lotions and oils. Introduction --
A plant from the East Indies : camphor --
Biblical resins : frankincense and myrrh --
European lavender --
Global aloe --
Colorful chemistry : a natural palette of plant dyes and pigments. Introduction --
Our world of green plants : human survival --
Saffron and carotenoids : yellow and orange dyes --
Woad (Isatis tinctoria) and indigo --
Red dyes from henna, dyer's bugloss and madder --
Reversible colors in flowers, berries and fruit.
9781498704281
Medicinal plants
Botanical chemistry
Organic Chemistry
615.321 / COO/B
Botanical miracles: chemistry of plants that changed the world/ Raymond Cooper and Jeffrey John Deakin - Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2016. - xix, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Introduction. Aims and purpose --
Importance and role of natural products --
Organic chemistry --
Medical marvels. Introduction --
Central America's humble potato! --
Europe solves a headache! : emergence of aspirin --
Attacking malaria : a South American treasure (but not gold) and a Chinese miracle --
A steroid in your garden --
Africa's gift to the world --
Saving the Pacific yew tree --
Modern miracles of foods and ancient grains. Introduction --
Rediscovering traditional grains of the Americas : chia and quinoa --
Foods of the Fertile Crescent : ancient wheat --
Asian staple : rice --
Chinese cordyceps : winter worm, summer grass --
Garlic and pungent smells --
Beverages. Introduction --
Tea : from legend to healthy obsession! --
Cocoa (cacao) : food of the gods --
Coffee : wake up and smell the aroma! --
Maca from the high Andes in South America --
Euphorics. Introduction --
Morphine : a two-edged sword --
Cannabis and marijuana --
Coca and cocaine --
Tobacco : a profound impact on the world --
Exotic potions, lotions and oils. Introduction --
A plant from the East Indies : camphor --
Biblical resins : frankincense and myrrh --
European lavender --
Global aloe --
Colorful chemistry : a natural palette of plant dyes and pigments. Introduction --
Our world of green plants : human survival --
Saffron and carotenoids : yellow and orange dyes --
Woad (Isatis tinctoria) and indigo --
Red dyes from henna, dyer's bugloss and madder --
Reversible colors in flowers, berries and fruit.
9781498704281
Medicinal plants
Botanical chemistry
Organic Chemistry
615.321 / COO/B