Medicinal Plants of Sabah North Borneo

Researchers in the field of natural product chemistry and pharmacology focus on discovering new drugs from medicinal plants. The medicinal plants of East Malaysia, many of which are found in the whole Asian and the Pacific, represent a vast array of resources that could be used for the discovery of drugs and the development of cosmetics as well as functional food. No other book focuses on the medicinal plants from this part of the globe in such depth. The author is well known in natural products and this text will appeal to a global audience in presenting the botanical description, chemical constituents, pharmacology, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and functional food potentials of these plants.Features:1. Presents the botanical description, chemical constituents, pharmacology, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and functional food potentials of the Sabah medicinal plants. 2. Provides an opportunity to describe the medicinal plants from this scientifically significant region. 3. Presents more content related to traditional uses, pharmacology, distribution, processing, toxicology, conservation and future prospective of medicinal plants. 4. Represents a wider variety of Sabah medicinal plants than previously published in other books.