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Author

Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove Agyepoma.

Title Bitter roots : the search for healing plants in Africa / Abena Dove Osseo-Asare.

Publication Info.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (309 pages) : illustrations
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: From plants to pharmaceuticals -- Take Madagascar periwinkle for leukemia and pennywort for leprosy -- Take grains of paradise for love -- Take arrow poisons for the heart -- Take bitter roots for malaria -- Take Kalahari hoodia for hunger -- Conclusion: Toward bioprosperity.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Materia medica, Vegetable -- Africa.
	Medicinal plants -- Africa.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove Agyepoma. Bitter roots : the search for healing plants in Africa. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014 vii, 300 pages 9780226085524 (DLC) 2013020550
ISBN	9780226085524 (cloth : alkaline paper)
	9780226086026 (paperback : alkaline paper)
	9780226086163 (e-book)