Review

"The volume is richly illustrated with pictures, drawings, diagrams, and graphs. Researchers in various fields of both academia and industry, such as botany, agriculture, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, the food, flavor, cosmetic and fragrance industries, (alternative) medicine, and other pharmaceutical and health fields will find this volume of great benefit for their work. [This book] is therefore recommended for academic libraries supporting programs in any of the above fields, as well as a wide range of corporate libraries." - E-Streams, Vol. 7, No. 4, April 2004 "Many authors contributed their findings to this accountaddresses the important issues of manufacturing, standardization, and characterizationdiscusses culture and biotechnologyThis volume's chapters are well referenced and will do much to inform health care professionals, biochemists, and botanists about the potential of this genus" -- Plant Science Bulletin 50(2), 2004

About the Author

Edzard Ernst is with the University of Exeter in the UK.