Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the Middle-East - Yaniv, Zohara; Dudai, Nativ; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Forward -- Chapter 1: Medicinal Plants in ancient traditions -- Chapter 2: Wild Edible Plants in Israel Tradition versus Cultivation -- Chapter 3: Ethnobotany among Bedouin tribes in the Middle-East -- Chapter 4: Selected Aromatic-Medicinal Plants, Endemic to the Middle-East -- Chapter 5: Capparis spinosa, The Plant on the Wall -- Chapter 6: Apharsemon, Myrrh and Olibanum: Ancient Medical Plants -- Chapter 7: Sarcopoterium spinosum -- Chapter 8: Traditional uses of Pistacia lentiscus in Veterinary and Human Medicine -- Chapter 9: Farming Amphetamines: Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) a Traditional Plant with Psychoactive and Medicinal Properties -- Chapter 10: Citron Cultivation, Production and Uses in the Mediterranean Region -- Chapter 11: Therapeutic Use of Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) -- Chapter 12: Pomegranate: Aspects Concerning Dynamics of Health Beneficial Phytochemicals and Therapeutic Properties -- Chapter 13: Juniperus phoenicea from Jordan -- Chapter 14: Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) A Native Mediterranean and Cultured Crop Species -- Chapter 15: Eruca sativa: A Tasty Herb Salad with Health Promoting Properties -- Chapter 16: Rose Oil (Rosa damascena) -- Chapter 17: Opium Poppy (papaver somniferum).
Keywords: Plant science; Botany; Agriculture; Life sciences; Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Life Sciences, general