Background
Cambie, Richard Conrad was born on November 11, 1931 in Tauranga, New Zealand. Son of David Gilbert Carleton and Sybil Lorna (Parkinson) Cambie.
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The available reports on the medicinal use of Fijian plants are brought together in a comprehensive, up-to-date compilation, presented in a readable form. The introduction covers a range of topics: the origin and dispersal of plants; literature in the field; use of medicinal plants within traditional Fijian culture; diseases of Fiji; and medicinal chemicals from plants. Other chapters describe 450 plant species; each entry is arranged by plant family, and gives current botanical name, Fijian/local name, brief botanical notes, medicinal uses and chemistry. The book includes an index to plant species, an index of Fijian names and a glossary of medical and botanical terms. Of interest to botanists and pharmacologists, however, "everyday" terms are used as much as possible. This book may assist scientists in further investigations and point the way to plants from which new and effective cures may be obtained.
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There is a growing interest in traditional medicine systems as a source of considerable knowledge of the medicinal properties of plants. Traditional medicines have the potential to offer leads in identifying potentially valuable chemicals that can be developed into new and more effective drugs, including safer contraceptives. This study of the Pacific region should be of interest to pharmacologists, anthropologists, botanists, chemists, family planning researchers, and Pacific stduents. The book documents available information on plants that have been traditionally used for anti-fertility and fertility purposes in the Pacific region. The authors have used anthropologists' accounts, explorers' reports and other recorded literature to establish which plants have been used as contraceptives and abortifacients in Pacific Island societies over the last two centuries. The botanical information in this work is intended to assist the recognition of the species and to indicate where the plants may be found.
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Cambie, Richard Conrad was born on November 11, 1931 in Tauranga, New Zealand. Son of David Gilbert Carleton and Sybil Lorna (Parkinson) Cambie.
Bachelor of Science, University New Zealand, Auckland, 1954. Master of Science, University New Zealand, Auckland, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, University New Zealand, Auckland, 1958.
Doctor of Science, University New Zealand, Auckland, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1962.
Junior lecturer chemistry University Auckland, 1957, lecturer, 1958-1960, senior lecturer, 1961-1963, associate professor, 1964-1969, professor, 1970-1996, assistant to vice chancellor for student services, 1978-1996. Professor emeritus, since 1997. Visiting professor University Sussex, Brighton, England, 1972, University Canberra, Australia, 1981, Chinese University Hong Kong, 1981, University South Pacific, Fiji, 1982, 83, University Melbourne, Australia, 1986, University Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1992.
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Fellow Royal Society New Zealand (Hector medal 1967), New Zealand Institute Chemistry (Imperial Chemical Industries research medal 1964). Member Auckland Institute and Museum (life).
Married Mary Constance Minchin, December 31, 1956. Children: Paul Carlton, Kenneth Gilbert.