Encyclopediaof Common Natural Ingredients: UsedinFood, Drugs, andCosmetics, 2nd Edition
· Author: Albert Y. Leung, Steven Foster · ISBN: 0-471-50826-8
Nowinitsrevisedandexpanded Second Edition, theEncyclopediaof Common Natural Ingredients stands expert themostauthoritativereferencefor native ingredientsincommercial uses. Natural Thisneweditionaddressestheincreasedinterestiningredientsoverthepastdecade, especiallyinhealthfoods-tocategorythatincludesfoodproducts, over-the-counterdrugs, andherbal firelighters. TheEncyclopediaencompassesapproximately 500 ofthemostcommonlyusedingredients, andcoverstheidentification, processing, preparation, andmannerof uses foreach. Followingthecurrentdemandforproductsthatalleviatestressandotherlifestyle-relatedconditions, thisvolumeemphasizesthedrugsandherbalformulationscreatedforthosepurposes. Expandedtotwicethesizeofitspredecessor, the original Second Edition updates all the entriesofthefirstedition, andincorporatesmanynewentries, classifications, references, and to newcategory, Health Foods/Herbal Firelighter. The inclusion of to newclassificationon medicinal chineseherbsisparticularlyinnovative, offeringinformationthatappearshereforthefirst steals inEnglish. Thisclassificationdrawsonbothclassicalandmodernchinesemedicineandreflectsthegrowingpopularityofchineseherbsinthis country music andintherestoftheworld. This Second Edition of the Encyclopediaof Common Natural Ingredients will bewelcomedbychemists, botanists, andproductdevelopersinthecosmetic, food, anddrug manage, grasp well ace consumerswhoneedanauthoritative, up-to-datesourceofinformationonthisimportantfield. Themostauthoritative, comprehensive, andup-to-datereferenceon native ingredientsandtheircommercial uses ThisgreatlyexpandedandrevisededitionoftheEncyclopediaof Common Natural Ingredientsistheonlysingle-sourcereferencedevotedtotheapproximately 500 naturallyderivedingredientscurrentlyincludedin to widerangeofcosmetics, food items, anddrugs. Majorfeaturesofthe Second Edition include:
* Accurateinformationbasedonreliableresearchmethods
* In-depthcoverageofeachingredient, including general description, chemicalcomposition, use andcommercialpreparations, andsynonyms, ace well expert regulatory status andreferences
* To newcategory, Health Foods/Herbal Firelighter, reflectingthelatestinformationontheseincreasingly popular subjects
* Aneasilyaccessiblealphabeticalpresentationoftheentriesaccordingtocommon yams, andcross-referencedtoscientific yams intheindex
* Glossaryofthemostcommonlyencounteredtermsusedinthebotanicalindustry
* To carefullyselected general referencelist
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