The chemistry of brown algaeSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 8 - Trang 174-192 - 1954
Henry G. Mautner
The enormous and self-replenishing supplies—perhaps 200 or 300 million tons—of these seaweeds in the oceans of the world have been commercially exploited so far primarily in the production of alginic acid, but the other carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins, enzymes and antibacterial substances in them and discussed here may hold even greater values.
Why another botanical magazine?Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 1 - Trang 3-4 - 1947
William J. Rôbbins
To serve as a common meeting place for botanists, interested primarily in fundamental principles, and others who are concerned with economic applications of those principles and with the industrial utilization of plants and plant products.
Variation and Standardization in the Use of a Chinese Medicinal MossSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 63 Số 2 - Trang 190-203 - 2009
Harris, Eric S. J., Yang, Bilun
Variation and Standardization in the Use of a Chinese Medicinal Moss. Huixincao (Rhodobryum (Schimp.) Limpr.) is a medicinal moss used for minor heart problems throughout Yunnan province by many of the different minority groups that live there. To study variation in the use of this plant, we conducted interviews with herb sellers and collectors in different areas of Yunnan province. Components of ...... hiện toàn bộ
Coquille flora (Louisiana): An ethnobotanical reconstructionSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 37 - Trang 349-359 - 1983
Mary Eubanks Dunn
Investigations and findings of a floristic study at Coquille, an archaeological site in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, are reported. In contrast with the surrounding marsh and swamp, there is a distinctive diversity in the vegetation at the site. Most of the plants are native species that have been reported as ethnobotahically important to the southeastern Indians. It is postulated that if the plant...... hiện toàn bộ
Book reviewsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 50 - Trang 340-352 - 1996
Gregory J. Anderson, Neil A. Harriman, Melissa B. Riley, Lawrence Kaplan, Lytton J. Musselman, Conrad Richter, Nigist Asfaw, Sebsebe Demissew, Dorothea Bedigian, Bradley C. Bennett, Susan Carty, Mary Eubanks, Daniel F. Austin, Anupam Gaonkar, Julia Morton, Donald J. Pinkava, Monique Reed, Michael J. Balick
Carnegiea gigantea: The saguaro and its usesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 25 - Trang 320-329 - 1971
Jan G. Bruhn
The saguaro,Carnegiea gigantea, is a tall cactus native to the desert area of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. It has been used for centuries among the Indians of the region as a source of food and drink, as well as for a wide variety of other purposes. The cactus has taken a great place in the life of the Indians, most notably the Papago, who still collect the fruit and make a wine f...... hiện toàn bộ
Socio–Economic Factors Determining Conservation and Cultivation of Garcinia kola Heckel—A Medicinal Plant Extinct in the Wild in BeninSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 74 - Trang 115-125 - 2020
Colombe Dadjo, Aggrey Bernard Nyende, Kolawolé Valère Salako, Achille Hounkpèvi, Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo
Garcinia kola is a multipurpose tree and an important medicinal plant in most Western and Central African communities. The species is highly valued for its edible nuts and its different parts are used for the treatment of diverse ailments. Because of its overexploitation, G. kola is now extinct in the wild in Benin. Conservation and cultivation are crucial for its maintenance. Eliciting determinan...... hiện toàn bộ
Archeological evidence for selection in avocadoSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 20 - Trang 169-175 - 1966
C. Earle Smith
A series of avocado seeds recovered from the deposits in El Riego, Purrón and Coxeatlán Caves of the Tehuaeán area show gradual increase in size and a change in shape from oldest to youngest. The oldest cotyledon from Zone XXIV of the Coxcatlán Cave deposit is dated at least 7000 B. C. It was probably brought into the Cave from a native tree growing in mesic forest in one of the barrancas in the m...... hiện toàn bộ
Letter and commentsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 55 - Trang 181-182 - 2001
Charles Heiser
Intraspecific diversity and morpho-phenological Variation inPhaseolus lunatus L. from the Yucatan Peninsula, MexicoSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 58 - Trang 354-380 - 2004
Jaime Martínez-Castillo, Daniel Zizumbo-Villarreal, Hugo Perales-Rivera, Patricia Colunga-Garcíamarin
The genetic diversity ofP. lunatus in the Yucatan Peninsula was assessed on the basis of its morphological and phenological characters. Our results were then discussed in relation to ethnobotanic information obtained about the intraspecific diversity recognized by farmers, their selection criteria, agronomic management, production purpose and percentage of cultivated area. Research was undertaken ...... hiện toàn bộ