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Inside Another Edition of this Book Citations: This book cites 77 books | 27 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: buccal sores, official medicinal plants, natural products drug discovery research, forest herbarium, voucher herbarium specimens (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: United States, New York, Costa Rica, National Cancer Institute, Madre de Dios (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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SOMETIME in prehistory, in the part of the world that is now the country of Peru, a raging storm felled a giant tree that came to rest in a pool of stagnant water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
buccal sores, official medicinal plants, natural products drug discovery research, forest herbarium, voucher herbarium specimens, biotic samples, plant collection program, pharmaceutical prospecting, biochemical resources, extractive communities, biodiversity prospecting, conserved wildlands, proprietary screens, plantas medicinais, novel lead compounds, medicinal plant research, rain forest products, medicinal plant use, high taxonomic diversity, botanical institutions, novel chemical compounds, chemical prospecting, ethnobotanical data, ethnobotanical research, natural products research Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Costa Rica, National Cancer Institute, Madre de Dios, Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Economic Botany, Academic Press, Puerto Maldonado, Southeast Asia, University of Illinois, World Bank, New World, South America, World Resources Institute, Ciba Foundation Symposium, Harvard University, Cancer Research, Puerto Rico, Bishop Museum, National Institutes of Health, Arnold Arboretum, Bureau of Census, Conservation International, Missouri Botanical Garden New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
SOMETIME in prehistory, in the part of the world that is now the country of Peru, a raging storm felled a giant tree that came to rest in a pool of stagnant water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
buccal sores, official medicinal plants, natural products drug discovery research, forest herbarium, voucher herbarium specimens, biotic samples, plant collection program, pharmaceutical prospecting, biochemical resources, extractive communities, biodiversity prospecting, conserved wildlands, proprietary screens, plantas medicinais, novel lead compounds, medicinal plant research, rain forest products, medicinal plant use, high taxonomic diversity, botanical institutions, novel chemical compounds, chemical prospecting, ethnobotanical data, ethnobotanical research, natural products research Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Costa Rica, National Cancer Institute, Madre de Dios, Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Economic Botany, Academic Press, Puerto Maldonado, Southeast Asia, University of Illinois, World Bank, New World, South America, World Resources Institute, Ciba Foundation Symposium, Harvard University, Cancer Research, Puerto Rico, Bishop Museum, National Institutes of Health, Arnold Arboretum, Bureau of Census, Conservation International, Missouri Botanical Garden New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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