Chemical Dictionary of Economic Plants
by Jeffrey B. Harborne FRS
and Herbert Baxter

Chemical Dictionary of Economic Plants is a compilation consisting of approximately 1,500 entries. These entries are arranged alphabetically under 11 headings according to their main use and include the chemical components behind their useful properties.

Each entry includes:

• Name of Plant Product
• Synonyms
• Chemical Constituents
• Occurrence
• Description and Composition
• Major Uses
• Comments

The combined features of indexes of the plant species listed and entry names of products and their synonyms result in an easily searchable and user-friendly reference.

This dictionary will prove to be an invaluable reference tool for chemists, pharmacologists, and pharmacognosists, food and feed scientists, chemical ecologists, economic botanists and biologists generally.

This book promises:

• to meet the demands from renewed interest in natural product chemistry
• easy access to the information-by searching under either the plant or product name
• to be unique in its scope-covering an extensive range of plant products for use in many different industries
• and more!

Contents

1. Medicinal Plants
2. Food Plants
3. Essential Oils
4. Oils and Fats
5. Dyestuffs
6. Tannins
7. Plant Biocides
8. Hallucinogenics
9. Gums and Rubbers
10. Waxes and Resins
11. Plant Fibres

Species Index
Name Index

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