TY - BOOK AU - Cooper,Raymond AU - Deakin,Jeffrey John TI - Natural products of Silk Road plants T2 - Natural products chemistry of global plants SN - 9780429061547 AV - QK861 .N396 2021 U1 - 572/.2 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Phytochemicals KW - History KW - Botanical chemistry KW - Ethnobotany KW - Medicinal plants KW - Natural products KW - Plants KW - Social aspects KW - To 1500 KW - HEALTH & FITNESS / Herbal Medications KW - bisacsh KW - SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany KW - SCIENCE / Chemistry / General KW - Silk Road N2 - "This volume, part of a world-wide series, has been prepared for university students of chemistry and ethno-botany and for those wishing to broaden knowledge. Plants, many indigenous to countries along the trading routes of the Silk Road, yielded medicines, cereals, spices, beverages, dyes and euphoric and exotic compounds. The book opens a window on a vast region of Asia not well described for its flora providing new and fresh insights upon: significant plants, some endangered traditional and modern applications of extracts the biochemical and pharmacological properties of extracts The Silk Road, a complex network of trade routes linking China with the rest of the Eurasian continent by land and sea, fostered transformation of the ethnic, cultural and religious identities of diverse peoples. The significance of the Silk Road is being revived today through immense investment by China and other eastern countries in major schemes of transport infrastructure"-- UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429061547 UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -