CRC handbook of medicinal spices
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"Organized by scientific name, the CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices provides the science behind the folklore of over 60 popular spices.
This book presents a chemical analysis of each spice, explains the biological activities of the most important phytochemicals, provides an alphabetical listing of reported indications for each spice, explores the culinary aspects of many medicinal spices, includes folkloric and proven reputations for a given aliment, lists septic organisms killed or whose growth is curbed or arrested by each spice, and offers recipes from around the world for "letting food be your medicine.""--BOOK JACKET.
This book presents a chemical analysis of each spice, explains the biological activities of the most important phytochemicals, provides an alphabetical listing of reported indications for each spice, explores the culinary aspects of many medicinal spices, includes folkloric and proven reputations for a given aliment, lists septic organisms killed or whose growth is curbed or arrested by each spice, and offers recipes from around the world for "letting food be your medicine.""--BOOK JACKET.
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