Bøger af Rachel Melo Ribeiro

If you are interested in finding out more about the wonders that plants offer for human health, this book is essential reading for you. With detailed and up-to-date information, this practical guide is a valuable resource for all those who wish to improve their health and well-being in a natural and holistic way. This book comprises an approach to the original studies of medicinal plants, their active chemical constituents and Chinese formulations, such that its reading explores the healing, traditional, chemical and therapeutic properties for cardiac, ischemic disorders, representing the opportunity to disseminate various plant species to the world, serving as consultation and reference material for health professionals, teachers, researchers and academics.

This book was developed to bring together studies on Syagrus romanzoffiana, a palm of the genus Syagrus, Arecaceae, known as jerivá, which has different uses, for civil construction, in human and animal food, in the use of oil from the almonds for cooking, and has potential as a source of energy generation. On the other hand, it is not a very well explored plant species from the chemical and pharmacological point of view. Here we will portray its morphological, chemical aspects and biological potential, in order to corroborate its scientific validation.