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Reinventing Hoodia

Peoples, Plants, and Patents in South Africa

Reinventing Hoodia( )
Author: Foster, Laura A.
Series title:Feminist Technosciences Ser.
ISBN:978-0-295-74218-2
Publication Date:Sep 2017
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

Native to the Kalahari Desert, Hoodia gordonii is a succulent plant known by generations of Indigenous San peoples to have a variety of uses: to reduce hunger, increase energy, and ease breastfeeding. In the global North, it is known as a natural appetite suppressant, a former star of the booming diet industry. In Reinventing Hoodia, Laura Foster explores how the plant was reinvented through patent ownership, pharmaceutical research, the self-determination efforts of...
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Book Details
Pages:232
Detailed Subjects: Health & Fitness / Naturopathy
Science / Life Sciences / Botany
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.853 x 0.663 Inches
Book Weight:0.75 Pounds



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