Herbal Drugs and Phytomedicines. A Handbook for Practise on a Scientific Basis: M. Wichtl (Ed.), 2004, medpharm Scientific Publishers, Stuttgart and CRC Press, Boca Raton. 3rd English edition translated from the 4th German edition (2002) by J.A. Brinckmann and M.P. Lindenmaier, 704 pp., index, bibliography for each entry, with numerous figures (519 colour photographs of plants, botanical drugs and of TLC-chromatograms, 314 black and white photographs of microscopic details), 447 chemical line drawings, ISBN 3-88763-100-5 (medpharm) and 0-8493-1961-7 (CRC Press) (hardcover). Euro 118/sFr 188.80 (medpharm)