Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients
Used in Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
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Beschreibung
The third edition of the unparalleled reference on naturalingredients and their commercial use
This new Third Edition of Leung's Encyclopedia of CommonNatural Ingredients: Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics arrivesin the wake of the huge wave of interest in dietary supplements andherbal medicine resulting from both trends in health and theDietary Supplement and Health Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA). Thisfully updated and revised text includes the most recent researchfindings on a wide variety of ingredients, giving readers a singlesource for understanding and working with natural ingredients.
The Encyclopedia continues the successful format for entrieslisted in earlier editions (consisting of source, description,chemical composition, pharmacology, uses, commercial preparations,regulatory status, and references). The text also features aneasily accessible alphabetical presentation of the entriesaccording to common names, with the index cross-referencing entriesaccording to scientific names.
This Third Edition also features:
* More than 50 percent more information than the SecondEdition, reflecting the greatly increased research activity inrecent years
* A new section on traditional Indian medicine, with informationon nine commonly used herbs
* More than 6,500 references
* Two new appendices explaining and illustrating the botanicalterminology frequently encountered in the text
* A revised and expanded index
Leung's Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients: Used inFood, Drugs, and Cosmetics, Third Edition will continue toprovide a comprehensive compilation of the existing literature andprominent findings on natural ingredients to readers with aninterest in medicine, nutrition, and cosmetics.
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Ikhlas A. Khan
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"The inclusion of the lists of chemical and botanical terms as wellas the diagrams of the plant shapes makes the book more accessibleto non-specialists as well as helping those who are specialist inone area and need guidance in another." (Reference Review, 1October 2010)
"The third edition of Leung's Encyclopedia of Common NaturalIngredients is a classic work presenting comprehensive informationfor each of the natural ingredients used in the food and cosmeticindustries." (Making Scents, Summer/Fall 2010)
"The main section of this book is an A-Z listing of differentnatural ingredients used in food, drugs and cosmetics. Each entryis listed by its common name, although the scientific names aregiven in the text and indexed to aid finding the one you want. Eachentry gives information about where the ingredient comes from, adescription, its chemical composition and pharmacological."(Philosophy & Religion, November 2010)
"Thus, this reference is of great utility not only to chemicalprofessionals, but also to consumers who desire to become betterinformed about newly popular natural supplements." (Choice, October2010)."This reference is of great utility not only tochemical professionals, but also to consumers who desire to becomebetter informed about newly popular natural supplements."(Choice, October 2010)
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