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"Kava-the Pacific Elixir: The Definitive Guide to its Ethnobotany, History, and Chemistry"
by Vincent Lebot, Mark Merlin, and Lamont Lindstrom

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Table of Contents

  

Chapters

  

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  Acknowledgments

vii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Botany: Morphology, Biogeography, and Origin of the Species 10
Chapter 3 Chemistry: Active Principles and Their Effects 57
Chapter 4 Ethnobotany: Cultivation, Classification, Preparation, and Medicinal Use 82
Chapter 5 Anthropology: The Cultural Significance and Social Uses of Kava 119
Chapter 6 Economics: Kava as a Cash Crop 175
Chapter 7 Kava: A World Drug? 198
Bibliography   225


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