Handbook of Nuts
Herbal Reference Library
Published on 6. December 2017
360 pages
978-1-351-44222-0 (ISBN)
Description
Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted for in this informative handbook. The text defines nuts and discusses their economic and nutritional value. For easy reference, there is an illustrated account of each nut by species, arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Each account includes the family name, several colloquial names, and paragraphs on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors.
Chapters Describe:
Uses
Folk medicine
Chemistry
Germplasm
Distribution
Ecology
Cultivation
Harvesting
Yields and economics
Energy
Biotic factors
Chapters Describe:
Uses
Folk medicine
Chemistry
Germplasm
Distribution
Ecology
Cultivation
Harvesting
Yields and economics
Energy
Biotic factors
Reviews / Votes
This highly detailed compilation is of interest to farmers, producers, food technologists, chemists, pharmacognosists, and those in research and development of food and medicinal plants, new and established. There is a great deal of data you simply won't find in any other single work.-HerbalGram
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
28,33 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-44222-0 (9781351442220)
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09/2019
1st Edition
CRC Press
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11/2000
1st Edition
CRC Press
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Person
Duke, James A.
Content
Introduction. Acknowledgements and Conceptualization. Procedure and Format. A Complete Listing of Nuts in Alphabetical Order. Illustrations Credits. References. Index.
