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Zoopharmacognosy: The Use of Medicinal Plants by Animals

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Book cover Phytochemical Potential of Tropical Plants

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

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The last years of the twentieth century offer both challenges and opportunities for phytochemists. The AIDS epidemic is still expanding and to date medical science has not been able to find effective treatments. Resistance to antibiotics, antimalarials, and other drugs occurs with increasing frequency. Crisis like these have created a new demand for phytochemical screening programs to detect antiviral plant products. Consequently the attention of phytochemists has turned to the tropical rain forests that contain most of the world’s species of plants and animals.

Dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Xorge A. Dominguez.

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  1. Phytochemical & Toxicology Laboratory, University of California, Irvine, California, 92717, USA

    Eloy Rodriguez

  2. Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 01238, USA

    Richard Wrangham

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  1. Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

    Kelsey R. Downum

  2. Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, Florida, USA

    Kelsey R. Downum

  3. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    John T. Romeo

  4. Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Helen A. Stafford

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Rodriguez, E., Wrangham, R. (1993). Zoopharmacognosy: The Use of Medicinal Plants by Animals. 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_4

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