Li Shi Zhen, Chinese herbalist and therapist (Qizhou, Qichun County, Hubei Province 03 July 1518 - 1593)
Authored Pen Ts’ao Kang Mu (Compedium of Materia Medica) in which described 1892 medicinal products derived from plants, animals and minerals. This book was translated to many languages such as Japanese, Russian, German, French and English
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Lishizhenia Lau, Ren, Wai et al. 2006 (Marine Bacteria)