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The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines

The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines - Paperback

by Cassandra Leah Quave
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Availability:In StockContributor:Cassandra Leah QuavePublish date:2022-06-14Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9781984879134ISBN-10:1984879138UPC:9781984879134Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Life Sciences, Alternative & Complementary MedicineBook Topic:BotanySize:8.35 x 5.43 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCPA3PXGH1
The uplifting, adventure-filled memoir of one groundbreaking scientist's quest to develop new ways to fight illness and disease through the healing powers of plants.

"A fascinating and deeply personal journey." ­--Amy Stewart, author of Wicked Plants and The Drunken Botanist

Traveling by canoe, ATV, mule, airboat, and on foot, Dr. Cassandra Quave has conducted field research everywhere from the flooded forests of the remote Amazon to the isolated mountaintops in Albania and Kosovo--all in search of natural compounds, long-known to traditional healers, that could help save us all from the looming crisis of untreatable superbugs. Dr. Quave is a leading medical ethnobotanist--someone who identifies and studies plants that may be able to treat antimicrobial resistance and other threatening illnesses--helping to provide clues for the next generation of advanced medicines. And as a person born with multiple congenital defects of her skeletal system, she's done it all with just one leg. In The Plant Hunter, Dr. Quave weaves together science, botany, and memoir to tell us the extraordinary story of her own journey.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9781984879134ISBN-10:1984879138UPC:9781984879134Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Science, MedicalBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, Life Sciences, Alternative & Complementary MedicineBook Topic:BotanySize:8.35 x 5.43 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCPA3PXGH1
Cassandra Quave, PhD, is the herbarium curator and an associate professor of dermatology and human health at Emory University, where she leads anti-infective drug discovery research initiatives and teaches courses on medicinal plants, food, and health. She is also the co-founder and CEO/CSO of PhytoTEK LLC, a drug-discovery company dedicated to developing solutions from botanicals for the treatment of recalcitrant antibiotic-resistant infections. Dr. Quave is a fellow of the Explorers Club, a former president of the Society for Economic Botany, and a recipient of the Emory Williams Teaching Award and Charles Heiser, Jr. Mentor Award. She is the co-creator and host of Foodie Pharmacology, a podcast dedicated to exploring the links between food and medicine. A leader in the field of medical botany, she has authored more than 100 scientific publications and has been featured in the New York Times Magazine and BBC Focus, as well as on PBS, NPR and the National Geographic Channel.
Publisher: Penguin Books

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