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Fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy / Michael Heinrich ... [et al.] ; foreword, A. Douglas Kinghorn ; epilogue, J. David Phillipson ; illustrated by Simon Gibbons.

Contributor(s): Heinrich, Michael, 1957 July 4-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2004Description: ix, 309 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0443071322.Subject(s): Pharmacognosy | Materia medica, VegetableDDC classification: 615.321
Contents:
Part A Fundamentals of pharmacognosy: Section 1 Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy: Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine -- Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products -- Section 2 Basic plant biology: General principles of botany: morphology and systematics -- Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals -- Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy -- Section 3 Natural product chemistry: Natural product chemistry -- Methods in natural product chemistry -- Anticancer natural products -- Section 4 Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals: Production, standardization and quality control -- Characteristics of phytomedicines -- Section 5 Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems: Traditional systems of herbal medicine -- Complementary/alternative medicine -- Part B Important natural products and phytomedicines used in pharmacy and medicine: The gastrointestinal and biliary system -- The cardiovascular system -- The respiratory system -- The central nervous system -- Infectious diseases -- The endocrine system -- The reproductive and urinary tracts -- The musculoskeletal system -- The skin -- The eye -- Ear, nose and othopharynx -- Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This resource covers the fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy for pharmacy students, practicing pharmacists, herbalists, and others with an interest in the medicinal uses of plants. Gives students an overview of all aspects of the field Provides a useful sourcebook for practicing pharmacists Combines therapeutic aspects with natural science and chemistry in one convenient resource Promotes the use of safe and well documented herbal remedies Further reading suggestions will lead students to more in-depth reference works

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A Fundamentals of pharmacognosy: Section 1 Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy: Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine -- Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products -- Section 2 Basic plant biology: General principles of botany: morphology and systematics -- Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals -- Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy -- Section 3 Natural product chemistry: Natural product chemistry -- Methods in natural product chemistry -- Anticancer natural products -- Section 4 Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals: Production, standardization and quality control -- Characteristics of phytomedicines -- Section 5 Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems: Traditional systems of herbal medicine -- Complementary/alternative medicine -- Part B Important natural products and phytomedicines used in pharmacy and medicine: The gastrointestinal and biliary system -- The cardiovascular system -- The respiratory system -- The central nervous system -- Infectious diseases -- The endocrine system -- The reproductive and urinary tracts -- The musculoskeletal system -- The skin -- The eye -- Ear, nose and othopharynx -- Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part A Fundamentals of Pharmacology
  • Section 1 Phytotherapy and Pharmacognosy
  • 1 Importance 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 ethnopharmacology
  • Section 3 Natural product chemistry
  • 6 Natural products chemistry
  • 7 Principles of natural product chemistry and separation
  • 8 Anticancer natural products
  • Section 4 Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals
  • 9 Production, standardisation and quality control
  • 10 Characteristics of phytomedicines
  • Section 5 Medicinal Plants in selected other health care systems
  • 11 Traditional systems of herbal medicine
  • 12 Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Part B Important Natural Products and Phytomedicines used in Pharmacy and Medicine
  • 13 The gastrointestinal and biliary system
  • 14 The Cardiovascular system
  • 15 The respiratory system
  • 16 The central nervous system
  • 17 Infectious diseases
  • 18 The endocrine system
  • 19 The reproductive and urinary tracts
  • 20 The musculoskeletal system
  • 21 The skin
  • 22 The eye
  • 23 Ear, nose and orthopharynx
  • 24 Miscellaneous supportive therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility