Shepards Guide to Mastering French Wines or Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants

Shepard's Guide to Mastering French Wines: (Taste Is For Wine: Points Are For Ping Pong)

Author: William S Shepard

Shepard's Guide to Mastering French Wines makes you an authority on the finest French wines. Explore the vineyards region by region. Then throw away those misleading point scorecards as you develop your own wine taste.

What They Are Saying About Shepard's Robbie Cutler Diplomatic Mystery Series

"Bill Shepard has adroitly used his encyclopedic knowledge of Bordeaux and the region to weave a fascinating story. If you like Bordeaux wine read Vintage Murder." - Evan Galbraith, United States Ambassador to France 1981-1985.

"Murder On The Danube is very well written, very informative and very entertaining. Reminds me of Eric Ambler's A Coffin for Demetrios." - John Goodspeed, Star/Democrat.

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Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants: Herbal Reference Library

Author: James A Duk

CRC Handbook of Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants is a unique catalog that includes more than 15,000 phytochemical constituents from over 1,000 higher plant species. This volume covers all of the generally-recognized-as-safe (GRAS) herbs and at least 250 important food and medicinal plants. Each entry features the scientific name, one or more common names, a listing of phytochemical constituents, a single datum or range of quantitative data (wet-weight to dry-weight in parts per million), two-letter abbreviation identifying the plant part, and three-letter abbreviation(s) indicating the source(s) of the data.

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Duke, a former Department of Agriculture botanist and current botanical consultant, presents a catalogue of some 15,000 phytochemical constituents from approximately 1,000 higher plant species. This volume covers all the generally-recognized-as-safe (GRAS) herbs and approximately 250 important food and medicinal plants, as well. Each plant is listed by species name, followed by an alphabetical listing of reported constituents. Where available, quantitative data follow the names of the elements or compounds. Two-letter abbreviations identifying the plant part, if any, follow the quantitative data; some other abbreviations refer to primary sources or journal sources. Of likely use to pharmacologists, toxicologists, nutritionists, pharmacognosists, and food scientists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)