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Chemical and Biological Extractives of Lauraceae Species in Costa Rican Tropical Forests

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Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants

Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry ((RAPT,volume 27))

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The family Lauraceae is represented in the world by about 2500 species of trees. Only Cassytha, a genus of about 20 species, mostly Australian and with one unique pantropical species, contains herbaceous, parasitic species.1

Dedicated to Prof. Luis. J. Poveda, Botanist of the Costa Rican National Museum herbarium and the National University of Heredia (UNA), for contributing to my understanding of the tropical forest of Costa Rica

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Castro, O.C. (1993). Chemical and Biological Extractives of Lauraceae Species in Costa Rican Tropical Forests. In: Downum, K.R., Romeo, J.T., Stafford, H.A. (eds) Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 27. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1783-6_3

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