Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, 2nd ed. 

The second edition stands as the most authoritative reference for natural ingredients in commercial use. It encompasses approximately 500 of the most commonly used ingredients, and covers the identification, processing, preparation, and manner of use for each. This volume emphasizes the drugs and herbal formulations created for those purposes. It updates all the original entries of the first edition, and incorporates many new entries, classifications, references, and a new category, Health Foods/Herbal Teas. The features include In-depth coverage of each ingredient, including general description, chemical composition, uses and commercial preparations, and synonyms, as well as regulatory status and references; An easily accessible alphabetical presentation of the entries according to common names, and cross-referenced to scientific names in the index; Glossary of the most commonly encountered terms used in the botanical industry.