Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction xi
6. The Anthropological Outlook for Amerindian Medicinal Plants 1
7. Magic and Witchcraft in Relation to Plants and Folk Medicine 67
8. The Future of Plants as Sources of New Biodynamic Compounds 103
9. The Significance of Comparative Phytochemistry in Medical Botany 125
10. Medicinal Plants and Empirical Drug Research 161
11. Biodynamic Agents from Microorganisms 175
12. Drugs from Plants of the Sea 209
13. Ergot-Α Rich Source of Pharmacologically Active Substances 235
14. Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Tumor Inhibitors of Plant Origin 261
15. The Phytochemistry and Biological Activity of Catharanthus lanceus (Apocynaceae) 279
16. The Ordeal Bean of Old Calabar: The Pageant of Physostigma venenosum in Medicine 303
17. Index 361