Bitter roots : the search for healing plants in Africa - Osseo-Asare, Abena Dove Agyepoma (Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014)
Introduction: From plants to pharmaceuticals -- Take Madagascar peri winkle for leukemia and pennywort for leprosy -- Take grains of paradis e for love -- Take arrow poisons for the heart -- Take bitter roots for malaria -- Take Kalahari hoodia for hunger -- Conclusion: Toward biopr osperity.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-288) and index.
Keywords: Materia medica, Vegetable -- Africa; Medicinal plants -- Africa