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Trease and Evans\' pharmacognosy / William Charles Evans ; revised with the assistance of Daphne Evans.

By: Evans, William Charles.
Contributor(s): Trease, George Edward, 1902-1986 | Evans, Daphne.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : WB Saunders, 2002Edition: 15th ed.Description: viii, 585 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0702026174 ; 0702026182 .Subject(s): PharmacognosyDDC classification: 615.321
Contents:
Part 1 Introduction: Plants in medicine: the origins of pharmacognosy -- The scope and practice of pharmacognosy -- Plant nomenclature and taxonomy -- Part 2 The plant and animal kingdoms as sources of drugs: Biological and geographical sources of drugs -- A taxonomic approach to the study of medicinal plants and animal-derived drugs -- Pharmacological activities of natural products -- Synergy in relation to the pharmacological action of phytomedicinals / E. M. Williamson -- Part 3 Principles related to the commercial production, quality and standardization of natural products: Commerce in crude drugs / R. Baker -- Production of crude drugs -- Plant growth regulators -- Plant cell and tissue culture; biological conversions; clonal propagation -- Phytochemical variation within a species -- Deterioration of stored drugs -- Quality control -- Part 4 Some current trends: Plant products and high throughput screening / M. J. O\' Neill, J. A. Lewis -- Biologically active compounds from marine organisms / G. Blunden -- Traditional plant medicines as a source of new drugs / P. J. Houghton -- Part 5 Phytochemistry: General methods associated with the phytochemical investigation of herbal products -- Basic metabolic pathways and the origin of secondary metabolites -- Part 6 Pharmacopoeial and related drugs of biological origin: Introduction -- Hydrocarbons and derivatives -- Carbohydrates -- Phenols and phenolic glycosides -- Volatile oils and resins -- Saponins, cardioactive drugs and other steroids -- Miscellaneous isoprenoids -- Cyanogenetic glycosides, glucosinolate compounds and miscellaneous glycosides -- Alkaloids -- Tumour inhibitors from plants / P. M. Dewick -- Antiprotozoal natural products / C. W. Wright -- An overview of drugs with antihepatotoxic and oral hypoglycaemic activities -- Vitamins and hormones -- Antibacterial and antiviral drugs -- Colouring and flavouring agents -- Miscellaneous products -- Part 7 Plants in complementary and traditional systems of medicine: Introduction -- Herbal medicine in Britain and Europe: regulation and practice / S. Y. Mills -- Homoeopathic medicine and aromatherapy / M. A. Healy, M. Aslam -- Aspects of Asian medicine and its practice in the West / M. Aslam -- Chinese herbs in the West / S. Y. Mills -- Plants in African traditional medicine - an overview / A. Sofowora -- Part 8 Nonmedicinal toxic plants and pesticides: Hallucinogenic, allergenic, teratogenic and other toxic plants -- Pesticides of natural origin -- Part 9 Morphological and microscopical examination of drugs: Introduction -- Plant description, morphology and anatomy -- Cell differentiation and ergastic cell contents -- Techniques in microscopy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'Trease and Evans' is an encyclopedic reference work on pharmacognosy - the study of those natural substances, principally plants, that find a use in medicine. Its popularity and longevity stem from the book's balance between classical (crude and powdered drugs' characterization and examination) and modern (phytochemisty and pharmacology) aspects of this branch of science, as well as the editor's recognition in recent years of the growing importance of complementary medicines, including herbal, homeopathic and aromatherapy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 Introduction: Plants in medicine: the origins of pharmacognosy -- The scope and practice of pharmacognosy -- Plant nomenclature and taxonomy -- Part 2 The plant and animal kingdoms as sources of drugs: Biological and geographical sources of drugs -- A taxonomic approach to the study of medicinal plants and animal-derived drugs -- Pharmacological activities of natural products -- Synergy in relation to the pharmacological action of phytomedicinals / E. M. Williamson -- Part 3 Principles related to the commercial production, quality and standardization of natural products: Commerce in crude drugs / R. Baker -- Production of crude drugs -- Plant growth regulators -- Plant cell and tissue culture; biological conversions; clonal propagation -- Phytochemical variation within a species -- Deterioration of stored drugs -- Quality control -- Part 4 Some current trends: Plant products and high throughput screening / M. J. O\' Neill, J. A. Lewis -- Biologically active compounds from marine organisms / G. Blunden -- Traditional plant medicines as a source of new drugs / P. J. Houghton -- Part 5 Phytochemistry: General methods associated with the phytochemical investigation of herbal products -- Basic metabolic pathways and the origin of secondary metabolites -- Part 6 Pharmacopoeial and related drugs of biological origin: Introduction -- Hydrocarbons and derivatives -- Carbohydrates -- Phenols and phenolic glycosides -- Volatile oils and resins -- Saponins, cardioactive drugs and other steroids -- Miscellaneous isoprenoids -- Cyanogenetic glycosides, glucosinolate compounds and miscellaneous glycosides -- Alkaloids -- Tumour inhibitors from plants / P. M. Dewick -- Antiprotozoal natural products / C. W. Wright -- An overview of drugs with antihepatotoxic and oral hypoglycaemic activities -- Vitamins and hormones -- Antibacterial and antiviral drugs -- Colouring and flavouring agents -- Miscellaneous products -- Part 7 Plants in complementary and traditional systems of medicine: Introduction -- Herbal medicine in Britain and Europe: regulation and practice / S. Y. Mills -- Homoeopathic medicine and aromatherapy / M. A. Healy, M. Aslam -- Aspects of Asian medicine and its practice in the West / M. Aslam -- Chinese herbs in the West / S. Y. Mills -- Plants in African traditional medicine - an overview / A. Sofowora -- Part 8 Nonmedicinal toxic plants and pesticides: Hallucinogenic, allergenic, teratogenic and other toxic plants -- Pesticides of natural origin -- Part 9 Morphological and microscopical examination of drugs: Introduction -- Plant description, morphology and anatomy -- Cell differentiation and ergastic cell contents -- Techniques in microscopy.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Introduction: Plants in Medicine: the Origin of Pharmacognosy
  • The scope and practiceof pharmacognosy
  • Plant nomenclature and taxonomy
  • Part 2 The plant and animal kingdoms as sources of drugs: Biological and geographical sources of drugs
  • A taxonomic classification of medicinal plant and animal drugs
  • New Chapter Invited Contributor
  • Part 3 Current trends: Bio-assay guided separations in the search for new lead compounds
  • New Chapter Invited Contributor
  • Biologically active compounds from marine organisms
  • Plant cell and tissue culture
  • New Chapter Invited Contributor
  • Useful drugs arising from traditional remedies
  • New Chapter
  • Part 4 Principles related to commercial production, quality and standarization of natural products: Commerce and production
  • Plant growth regulators
  • Genetic aspects
  • Deterioration
  • Quality control
  • Part 5 Phytochemistry: The living plant cell
  • Methods of phytochemical investigation
  • New Chapter Invited Contributor
  • Basic metabolic pathways and the origin of secondary metabolites
  • Part 6 Pharmacopoeial and related drugs of biological origin: Hydrocarbons and d derivatives
  • Carbohydrates
  • Phenols and phenolic glycosides
  • Volatile oils and resins
  • Saponins, cardioactive drugs and other steroids
  • Miscellaneous isoprenoids
  • Cyanogenetic glycosides. alkaloids
  • Colouring and flavouring agents
  • Miscellaneous products
  • Part 7 Plants in the treatment of specific diseases and deficiencies: Tumour inhibitors from plants
  • Plants with antiprotozoal activity
  • An overview of drugs having antihepatotoxic and oral hypoglycaemic activities
  • The treatment of infectious diseases Vitamins and hormones
  • Part 8 Plants in complementary and traditional systems of medicine: Herbal medicine
  • New Chapter Invited Contributor
  • Homeopathic medicine and aromatherapy
  • Asian medicine and its practice
  • Chinese herbs in the West
  • Plants in African traditional medicine
  • Part 9 Nonmedical toxic plants and pesticides: Hallucinogenic, allergenic, tertogenic and other toxic plants
  • Pesticides of natural origin
  • Part 10 Morphological and Microscopical Examination of drugs: Plant description, morphology and anatomy
  • Cell differentiation and ergastic cell contents
  • Techniques in mircoscopy
  • Index