Medicinal Plants of Sabah, North Borneo

Researchers in the field of natural product chemistry and pharmacology focus on discovering

new drugs from medicinal plants. The medicinal plants of Sabah (North Borneo), many of which

are found in all of Asia and the Pacific, represent a vast array of resources that could be used

for the discovery of drugs and the development of cosmetics as well as functional food. No other

book focuses on the medicinal plants from this part of the globe in such depth. The author is well

known in natural products and this text will appeal to a global audience in presenting the botanical

description, chemical constituents, pharmacology, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and functional food

potentials of these plants.

Features:

1. Describes in a phylogenetic order the habitats, distributions, botanical descriptions, local

names, uses, chemical constituents, pharmacological activities, and toxic effects of more

than 250 species of medicinal plants of Sabah.

2. Provides a selection of botanical plates of medicinal plants endemic to Sabah, hand-drawn

by the author.

3. Provides comment sections to invite further research on the topic of the development of

drugs, dietary products, and cosmetics from Sabah medicinal plants.