Atlas of Woody Plants in China

Atlas of Woody Plants in China
Author: Jingyun Fang
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 2018
Release: 2011-09-10
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642150179

"Atlas of Woody Plants in China: Distribution and Climate” documents the spatially-explicit county-level distribution of all 11,405 woody plants in China, together with life form information for most species. It also provides climate information for each species, with the county-level average and range of 12 climatic indices and of vegetation net primary productivity. It is the first and largest comprehensive atlas in the world for the distribution of China’s plants and was compiled on the basis of almost all related literature published throughout China. The atlas should serve as an indispensable handbook for all those who are interested in the plants, ecology, geography, environment, horticulture, and silviculture of China and East Asia. Dr. Jingyun Fang is a Cheung Kong Professor at the Department of Ecology, Peking University, China. Dr. Zhiheng Wang and Dr. Zhiyao Tang are both ecologists working at the same institute.

Dictionary of Alkaloids with CD-ROM

Dictionary of Alkaloids with CD-ROM
Author: John Buckingham
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 2374
Release: 2010-01-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1420077708

While some of the most commonly investigated- and most notorious- chemicals in the world are alkaloids, many modern medicines are also based on alkaloid structures. Chemists continue to explore new synthetic routes and alkaloid derivatives in search of drug candidates for fighting disease. Drawn from the venerable Dictionary of Natural Products, th

Identification of the Timbers of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific

Identification of the Timbers of Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific
Author: 緒方 健
Publisher: Kaiseisha press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2008-02-29
Genre: Building, Wooden
ISBN: 486099244X

「南洋材の識別」(緒方1985)を増補・改訂・英訳し、オランダ国立植物博物館のP. Baas氏の協力を得て編集した。原著の模式図に加えて、実態顕・光顕・SEM写真を豊富に掲載して識別的特徴を示した。南洋材識別の新たなバイブルの誕生ともいえよう。

Dictionary of Natural Products

Dictionary of Natural Products
Author: John Buckingham
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1306
Release: 1993-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780412466205

The Dictionary of Natural Products is the only comprehensive source of chemical data on natural products. It provides the busy scientist with fast access to chemical, physical, bibliographic, and structural data on over 139,000 natural products organized into more than 43,000 -virtually every natural product isolated and reported in the literature.

Taxonomy of Angiosperms

Taxonomy of Angiosperms
Author: Pandey B.P.
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2001
Genre: Science
ISBN: 8121909325

Taxonomy of Angiosperms for University students

Dictionary of Natural Products, Supplement 1

Dictionary of Natural Products, Supplement 1
Author: John Buckingham
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 657
Release: 2020-11-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1000109984

This Dictionary draws and checks the structure diagrams to ensure their accuracy and consistency, and presents the data within entries of natural products in a logical manner which reconciles as far as possible inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the literature.

Common Chinese Materia Medica

Common Chinese Materia Medica
Author: Huagu Ye
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 606
Release: 2022-01-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9811658927

This sixth volume describes 226 species of 32 families of medicinal plants, which are commonly used in Chinese medicine. The most important species are Aquilaria sinensis and Daphne genkwa of Thymelaeaceae; Benincasa hispida, Siraitia grosvenorii, Trichosanthes kirilowii and Trichosanthes rosthornii of Cucurbitaceae; Camellia sinensis of Theaceae; Cleistocalyx operculatus, Eugenia caryophyllata and Rhodomyrtus tomentosa of Myrtaceae; Osbeckia chinensis of Melastomataceae; Quisqualis indica and Terminalia chebula of Combretaceae; Hypericum japonicum of Hypericaceae; Microcos paniculata of Tiliaceae; Hibiscus mutabilis of Malvaceae; Croton crassifolius, C. lachnocarpus, C. tiglium, Euphorbia humifusa, E. lathyris, E. pekinensis, Phyllanthus emblica and Sauropus spatulifolius of Euphorbiaceae. In each specie, it introduces the scientific names, medicinal names, morphologies, habitats, distributions, acquisition and processing methods of these medicinal plants, the content of medicinal properties, therapeutic effects, usage and dosage of these medicinal plants, and attaches unedited color pictures and pictures of part herbal medicines of each species. This book series has 10 volumes in total, which covers over 2000 kinds of Chinese medicines that are commonly used. These volumes not only introduce the efficacy function and some prescriptions of the medicines, but also introduce the biological characteristics of them in detail with clear photos of the habitats, so that readers can identify them in the field. Apart from the growing environment, the books expound the distribution areas and other information to facilitate researches and other applications. The volumes are targeted at readers of general interests and it is also of high referential value for scientific researcher and teachers. It can be used as a guide to researchers, clinical doctors, and students in the department of pharmaceutics and traditional Chinese medicine.

Phytochemical Dictionary

Phytochemical Dictionary
Author: Basant Puri
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1904
Release: 1998-12-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780203483756

A vast array of natural organic compounds, the products of primary and secondary metabolism, occur in plants. This dictionary provides basic information, including structural formulae, on plant constituents. It profiles over 3000 substances from phenolics and alkaloids through carbohydrates and plant glycosides to oils and triterpenoids. For each substance, the author presents the trivial name, synonyms, structural type, chemical structure showing stereochemistry, molecular weight and formula, natural occurrence, biological activity and commercial or other use. Key references are provided for each class and subclass.