Fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy /
Fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy /
Michael Heinrich . joanne barnes ., simon gibbons . elizabeth m williamson; foreword, A. Douglas Kinghorn ; epilogue, J. David Phillipson ; illustrations by Debbie Maizels and Simon Gibbons.
- Third edition.
- ix, 359 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword
Preface
PART A FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACOGNOSY
SECTION 1 Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy
1. Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine
2. Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products
SECTION 2 Basic plant biology
3. General principles of botany: morphology and systematics
4. Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals
5. Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy
SECTION 3 Natural product chemistry
6. Natural product chemistry
7. Methods in natural product chemistry
8. Anticancer natural products
SECTION 4 Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
9. Production, standardization and quality control
10. Toxicity of herbal constituents
11. What makes phytomedicines unique?
SECTION 5 Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems
12. Traditional systems of herbal medicine
13. Complementary/alternative medicine
PART B IMPORTANT NATURAL PRODUCTS AND PHYTOMEDICINES USED IN PHARMACY AND MEDICINE
14. The gastrointestinal and biliary system
15. The cardiovascular system
16. The respiratory system
17. The central nervous system
18. Infectious diseases
19. The endocrine system
20. The reproductive and urinary tracts
21. The musculoskeletal system
22. The skin
23. The eye
24. Ear, nose and orthopharynx
25. Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility
Epilogue
9780702070303
2011021897
101561170 DNLM
Pharmacognosy.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Plants, Medicinal.
Pharmacognosy--methods.
Phytotherapy--methods.
RS160 / .F86 2012
615.321 / F
QV 766
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword
Preface
PART A FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACOGNOSY
SECTION 1 Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy
1. Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine
2. Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products
SECTION 2 Basic plant biology
3. General principles of botany: morphology and systematics
4. Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals
5. Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy
SECTION 3 Natural product chemistry
6. Natural product chemistry
7. Methods in natural product chemistry
8. Anticancer natural products
SECTION 4 Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
9. Production, standardization and quality control
10. Toxicity of herbal constituents
11. What makes phytomedicines unique?
SECTION 5 Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems
12. Traditional systems of herbal medicine
13. Complementary/alternative medicine
PART B IMPORTANT NATURAL PRODUCTS AND PHYTOMEDICINES USED IN PHARMACY AND MEDICINE
14. The gastrointestinal and biliary system
15. The cardiovascular system
16. The respiratory system
17. The central nervous system
18. Infectious diseases
19. The endocrine system
20. The reproductive and urinary tracts
21. The musculoskeletal system
22. The skin
23. The eye
24. Ear, nose and orthopharynx
25. Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility
Epilogue
9780702070303
2011021897
101561170 DNLM
Pharmacognosy.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Plants, Medicinal.
Pharmacognosy--methods.
Phytotherapy--methods.
RS160 / .F86 2012
615.321 / F
QV 766