Features

• Integrates traditional medical uses and modern research and points the way to the future role in phytomedicine and drug development
• Provides chemical and pharmacological reviews which can serve as a basis for scientists interested in conducting research
• Presents a detailed survey of traditional medical uses and provides a forum for the integration of ethnomedicine and modern pharmacology
• Explores the symbology of caper helping to illuminate the precognitive apprehension of this plant and the co-evolutionary factors that foster research, study and self-experimentation

Summary

This book covers the use of the caper bush, its fruit and its flowers as a culinary article of economic importance from ancient times to current applications. The text explores the particular role of this bush in mythological and religious thinking along with advances in modern chemical and pharmacological research. In addition to reviewing ethnomedical usage in previous times, the authors provide practical discussions of how the unique evolution of the bush impacts present and future applications of the Capparis species for medicine and therapeutic nutrition.