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Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (2nd Ed.)

Langue : Anglais

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Couverture de l’ouvrage Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

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

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