| TITLE: |
The Pacific Islands : a natural treasurehouse of bioresources and island biotechnology / Edgar DaSilva, .V.K. Murukesan, Dilip Nandwani, Mary Taylor and P.C. Josekutty. |
| ADDED TITLE: |
Medicinal plants and traditional intellectual property |
| ADDED TITLE: |
Encyclopedia of biotechnology. |
| AUTHOR: |
DaSilva, Edgar J. [et al.] |
| PUBLISHED: |
[Netherlands : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2005. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
p. 903-934 : chart ; 28 cm. |
| NOTES: |
With contributions from thousands of scholars, from over 100 countries and edited by nearly 300 subject expert snf well over 700 authors. |
| NOTES: |
"Traditional medicines, the mainstay of medical treatment for virtually all minor ailments in many developing countries, have been tapped for the production of new therapeutics in the sustenance of human health and well-being. Vulnerable to the vicissitudes of globalization issues such as intellectual property rights, trade and gender are of relevance in the Pacific region that is a source of some unique traditional healing systems." |
| SUBJECT: |
Plants--Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Plants, medicinal--Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Traditional medicine--Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Traditional medicine--Micronesia (Federated States). |
| SUBJECT: |
Medicine, primitive--Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Traditional knowledge--Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Women--Oceania--Traditional knowledge. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
DaSilva, Edgar J. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Murukesan, V. K. |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Nandwani, Dilip |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Taylor, Mary |
| ADDED ENTRY: |
Josekutty, P.C. |
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