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2017
Doctoral thesis
The botany and macroscopy of Chinese materia medica: sources, substitutes and sustainability.
Interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is global. The burgeoning international trade in its crude and processed plant ingredients (Chinese materia medica - CMM) reflects demand across all sectors of healthcare, yet the identification of source plants and CMM has been overlooked for many years leading to problems in safety,...Leon, Christine
Taxonomy, Chinese medicine, Botany, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Materia medica, Conservation, Plant morphology, Authentication, and China