Fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy /
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Elsevier,
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Publisher Address: | Philadelphia : |
Publication Dates: | [2018] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Third edition. |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 359 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780702070082 (paperback) : 0702070084 (paperback) |
Index Number: | RS160 |
CLC: | R93 |
Call Number: | R93/F981/3rd ed. |
Contents: | Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine -- Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products -- General principles of botany: morphology and systematics -- Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals -- Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy -- Natural product chemistry -- Methods in natural product analytical chemistry -- Isolation and structure elucidation of natural products -- Anticancer natural products -- Production, quality control and standardization of herbal materials -- The complex chemistry and pharmacology of herbal medicines -- Toxicity of herbal constituents -- Overview of medicinal plants in healthcare systems -- Characteristics of traditional medicine systems using herbal substances -- Western herbal medicine -- 'Oriental' and 'Asian' forms of traditional medicine -- African, American and Oceanian traditional medicine using herbal preparations -- Complementary/alternative or 'integrative' therapies involving use of plant substances -- Herbal medicine interactions -- The gastrointestinal and biliary system -- The cardiovascular system -- The respiratory system -- The central nervous system -- Infectious diseases -- The endocrine system -- The reproductive tract -- The musculoskeletal system -- The skin -- The eye -- Ear, nose and oropharynx -- Weight loss supplements -- Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility. |