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James A. Duke, PhD
The
leading authority on healing herbs,
has traveled the world – from the
jungles of the Amazon rain forest to
the research labs of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, where he
worked for thirty years – to amass
his invaluable knowledge of herbs
and their medicinal properties.
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For Dr. Duke's
Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke
For Dr. Duke’s Mini-Course in MEDICAL BOTANY
http://www.ars-grin.gov/duke/syllabus/index.html
Biography
Educational
Background
Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1929, James
A. "Jim" Duke graduated from the University
of North Carolina in 1961 as a Phi Beta
Kappa with a Ph.D. in Botany.
Professional
History
From 1963 to 1965, Dr. Duke worked as an
ecologist with the USDA in Beltsville,
Maryland. At the end of that period he
joined Battelle Columbus Laboratories
(1965-71) for ecological and ethnobotanical
studies in Panama and Colombia.
Dr. Duke gained considerably experience in
tropical ecology during his residency in
Panama that lasted from 1966 to 1968. During
this formative period, Dr. Duke lived with
various ethnic groups, closely observing
their deep dependence on forest products.
The first of some twenty books, his Isthmian
Ethnobotanical Dictionary catalogs hundreds
of Isthmian plants and their uses.
Rejoining USDA in 1971, Dr. Duke had
assignments relating to crop
diversification, medicinal plants, and
energy plant studies in developing
countries. A popular lecturer on the
subjects of ethnobotany, herbs, medicinal
plants, and new crops and their ecology, he
has taped dozens of TV and radio shows.
• Duke, J. A. 1972. Isthmanian
Ethnobotanical Dictionary. Fulton,
Maryland: Author.
• Duke, J. A. 1972. Lewd Latin Lexicon.
Fulton, Maryland: Author. [A dictionary of
colloquial
slang in various Central American languages and dialects]
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Handbook of
Legumes of World Economic Importance.
New York:
Plenum Press.
• Duke, J. A. 1981. Medicinal Plants
of the Bible. Buffalo, New York:
Trado-Medic Books.
• Duke, J. A. 1985. Culinary Herbs: A
Potpourri. New York: Conch Magazine,
Ltd., Publishers.
• Duke, J. A. and E. S. Ayensu 1985.
Medicinal Plants of China. Algonac,
Michigan, Reference
Publications, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of
Medicinal Herbs. Boca Raton,
Florida, CRC Press, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. 1985. Herbalbum: An
Anthology of Varicose Verse. Fulton,
Maryland: Author.
• Duke, J. A. 1986. Handbook of
Northeastern Indian Medicinal Plants.
Lincoln,
Massachusetts, Quarterman Publications, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. and A. A. Atchley 1986.
CRC Handbook of Proximate Analysis Tables of
Higher
Plants. Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, Inc.
• Duke, J.A. 1986. Isthmanian
Ethnobotanical Dictionary, 3rd ed.
Jodhpur, India: Scientific
Publishers.
• Duke, J. A. 1987. Living Liqueurs.
Lincoln, Massachusetts, Quarterman
Publications, Inc.
• Duke, J. A., A. Atchley, K. Ackerson and
P. Duke. 1987. CRC Handbook of
Agricultural
Energy Potential for Developing Countries. 4 vols. Boca Raton,
Florida: CRC Press, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. 1989. Ginseng: A Concise
Handbook. Algonac, Michigan,
Reference
Publications, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. 1989. CRC Handbook of
Nuts. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC
Press, Inc.
• Foster, S. and J. A. Duke 1990. A
Field Guide to Medicinal Plants.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company.
• Duke, J. A. 1992. Handbook of Edible
Weeds. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC
Press, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. 1992. Handbook of
Phytochemical Constituents of GRAS Herbs and
Other
Economic Plants (and Database) Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press,
Inc.
• Duke, J. A. 1992. Handbook of
Biologically Active Phytochemicals and Their
Activities
(and Database). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. and J. L. duCellier 1993.
CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops.
Boca Raton,
Florida: CRC Press, Inc.
• Duke, J. A. and R. Vasquez 1994.
Amazonian Ethnobotanical Dictionary.
Boca Raton,
Florida: CRC Press, Inc.
• Beckstrom-Sternberg, S.M. and J. A. Duke.
1996. CRC Handbook of Medicinal Mints
(Aromathematic): Phtyochemical and Biological Activities. Boca
Raton, Florida: CRC
Press, Inc.
• Duke, J.A. 1997. Green Pharmacy.
Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press.
• Castner, J. L., S. L. Timme, and J. A.
Duke. 1998. A Field Guide to Medicinal
and Useful
Plants of the Upper Amazon. Gainesville, Florida: Feline Press.
• Duke, J. A. 1999. Herbs of the
Bible; 2000 Years of Plant Medicine.
Loveland, Colorado:
Interweave Press.
• Duke, J. A. 1999. Dr. Duke’s
Essential Herbs: 13 Vital Herbs you Need to
Disease-Proof
Your Body, Boost Your Energy, Lengthen Your Life. Emmaus,
Pennsylvania: Rodale Press.
• Foster, S. and J. A. Duke. 2000. A
Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs.
2nd Ed.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Duke, J. A. 2000. The Green Pharmacy
Herbal Handbook: Your Comprehensive
Reference
to the Best Herbs for Healing. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale Press
• Duke, J. A. 2001 The Green Pharmacy
Anti-aging Prescriptions - Herbs, Foods, and
Natural Formulas to Keep you Young. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale
Press.
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