Chocolate as medicine:a quest over the centuries
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
RSC Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK |
Publication Dates: | c2012. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xx, 213 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781849734110 1849734119 |
Index Number: | TS274 |
CLC: |
TS274 R151.3 |
Call Number: | R151.3/W752 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Chocolate as medicine: an introduction -- Chocolate as medicine: seeking evidence throughout history -- Chocolate and healing in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture -- Cacao transported to Europe as medicine -- Expanding chocolate's use as medicine -- Chocolate and nutritional health: industrial era through WWII -- Modern chocolate science and human health -- Epilogue: prognosticating chocolate's future as medicine. |