A major objective of this review series is to forge a link among researchers worlcing in the several disciplines associated with herbs spices and medicinal plants. To this end a broad range of subject areas to aid in the understanding and appreciation of all the distinct yet related fields connected with botany horticulture and pharmacology. The horticulturaIist interested in domestication and commercial cultivation of plants the ethnobotanist interested in traditional uses of plants within societies the chemist interested in extraction and purification of natural plant products the pharmacologist interested in clinical evaluations and efficacy of compounds the industrial processor interested in provision of plants and plant products to the marketplace and the many others who have a professional or general interest in these plants and their products will find in these reviews the opportunity to examine the most recent available information.
