Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (2nd Ed.)
Auteurs : Shah Biren, Shah Biren, Seth Avinash, Seth Avinash
Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
This comprehensive textbook is primarily aimed at the course requirements of the B. Pharm. students. This book is specially designed to impart knowledge alternative systems of medicine as well as modern pharmacognosy. It would also serve as a valuable resource of information to other allied botanical and alternative healthcare science students as well as researchers and industrialists working in the field of herbal technology.
Salient Features
- Illustrated biosynthetic pathways of metabolites as well as extraction and isolation methodologies of medicinal compounds
- Bioactivity determination and synthesis of herbal products of human interest
- Information on Ayurvedic plants and Chinese system of medicine
- Simple narrative text that will help students quickly understand important concepts
- Over 300 illustrations and 120 tables to help students easily memorize and quickly recall vital concepts
New to This Edition
This thoroughly revised edition has been enriched by incorporation of the review feedback from a number of reviewers. Some important revisions are listed below:
- Several new drugs added
- Powdered microscopy added for many drugs
- New techniques for extraction, e.g. microwave-assisted extraction, included
- Some new structures or chemical constituents of drugs added
- Several drugs added to the traditional drugs section
- Some new chemical tests of drugs have been added
- Biosyntheses of some drugs, e.g. jasmonates, included
Contents
PART 1 Introduction to Pharmacognosy 1
Chapter 1 History, Definition and Scope of Pharmacognosy 3
Chapter 2 Alternative Systems of Medicine 10
Chapter 3 Classification of Drugs of Natural Origin 22
PART 2 Pharmaceutical Botany 27
Chapter 4 Morphology of Different Plant Parts 29
Chapter 5 Study of Different Families 58
PART 3 Cultivation, Collection, Production and Utilization of Herbal Drugs 67
Chapter 6 Cultivation, Collection and Processing of Herbal Drugs 69
Chapter 7 Indian Trade in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 89
Chapter 8 Utilization of Aromatic Plants and Derived Products 97
Chapter 9 Role of Medicinal Plants in National Economy 103
PART 4 Analytical Pharmacognosy 109
Chapter 10 Drug Adulteration 111
Chapter 11 Evaluation of Crude Drugs 115
Chapter 12 Biological Screening of Herbal Drugs 120
PART 5 Biogenesis of Phytopharmaceuticals 145
Chapter 13 General Biosynthetic Pathways of Secondary Metabolites 147
PART 6 Pharmacognostical Study of Crude Drugs 163
Chapter 14 Drugs Containing Carbohydrates and Derived Products 165
Chapter 15 Drugs Containing Alkaloids 193
Chapter 16 Drugs Containing Glycosides 244
Chapter 17 Drugs Containing Volatile Oils 298
Chapter 18 Drugs Containing Resins 341
Chapter 19 Drugs Containing Lipids 366
Chapter 20 Drugs Containing Tannins 387
Chapter 21 Enzymes and Protein Drugs 403
Chapter 22 Fibres, Sutures and Surgical Dressings 415
Chapter 23 Drugs of Mineral Origin 426
PART 7 Extraction, Isolation and Purification of Herbal Drugs 433
Chapter 24 General Methods for Extraction, Isolation and Identification of Herbal Drugs 435
Chapter 25 Isolation of Phytopharmaceuticals 446
PART 8 Medicinal Plant Biotechnology 465
Chapter 26 Plant Tissue Culture 467
PART 9 Miscellaneous 485
Chapter 27 Ayurvedic Pharmacy 487
Chapter 28 Marine Pharmacognosy 494
Chapter 29 Nutraceuticals and Cosmeceuticals 505
Chapter 30 Natural Pesticides 519
Chapter 31 Poisonous Plants 531
Chapter 32 Natural Allergens 543
Chapter 33 Natural Colours and Dyes 546
Chapter 34 Hallucinogenic Plants 552
PART 10 Traditional Drugs of India 559
Chapter 35 Detail Study of Traditional Drugs of India 561
Index 592
Biological Index 608
Date de parution : 04-2013
Ouvrage de 586 p.
Publication abandonnée