Leung's encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics / Ikhlas A. Khan, Ehab A. Abourashed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khan, I. A. (Ikhlas Ahmad)

Contributor:

Abourashed, Ehab A., 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural products--Encyclopedias.

Natural products.

Raw materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (844 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The third edition of the unparalleled reference on natural ingredients and their commercial use This new Third Edition of Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients: Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics arrives in the wake of the huge wave of interest in dietary supplements and herbal medicine resulting from both trends in health and the Dietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). This fully updated and revised text includes the most recent research findings on a wide variety of ingredients, giving readers a single source for understanding and working wit

Contents:

LEUNG'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMMON NATURAL INGREDIENTS USED IN FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS Third Edition; Contents; FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION, BY ARA G. PAUL, PH.D.; FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION, BY DONALD A. DAVIS; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; NATURAL INGREDIENTS; INDIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CHINESE COSMETIC INGREDIENTS; APPENDIX A-GENERAL REFERENCES; APPENDIX B-GLOSSARY/ABBREVIATIONS; APPENDIX C-BOTANICAL TERMS; APPENDIX D-MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF PLANT ORGANS; GENERAL INDEX; CHEMICAL INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612348341

9781118213063

1118213068

9781282348349

1282348345

9781780341736

1780341733

9780470538937

0470538937

9780470538920

0470538929

OCLC:

502012613