Botanical miracles: chemistry of plants that changed the world/ Raymond Cooper and Jeffrey John Deakin

By: Cooper, RaymondContributor(s): Deakin, Jeffrey JohnPublication details: Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2016Description: xix, 252 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9781498704281Subject(s): Medicinal plants | Botanical chemistry | Organic ChemistryDDC classification: 615.321
Contents:
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.
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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.

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