James A. Duke, PHD  
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.    More....
Publications
Dr. Duke continues to devote a considerable amount of his time to the print media remaining a contributor or editorial adviser to popular scientific and health-oriented journals and periodicals. They include:
     Alternative Medicine Digest
     American Health
     Business of Herbs
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Bibliography

(1)  Handbook of Legumes of World Economic Importance, Plenum Press, New York, 345 pp., 1981;
(2)   Medicinal Plants of the Bible, Trado-Medic Books, Buffalo, New York, 233 pp., 1981;
(3)   CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, 704 pp., 1985;
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CURRENT POSITIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
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