Fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Heinrich, Michael, 1957 July 4; Barnes, Joanne, 1966-; Prieto Garcia, José M; (Professor of medicinal phytochemistry), Gibbons, Simon; Williamson, Elizabeth M
• Contents: Foreword Preface PART A FUNDAMENTALS OF PHARMACOGNOSY SECTION 1 Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy 1. Importance of plants 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 ethnopharmacy SECTION 3 Natural product chemistry 6. Natural product chemistry 7. Methods in natural product chemistry 8. Anticancer natural products SECTION 4 Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals 9. Production, standardization and quality control 10. Toxicity of herbal constituents 11. What makes phytomedicines unique? SECTION 5 Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems 12. Traditional systems of herbal medicine 13. Complementary/alternative medicine PART B IMPORTANT NATURAL PRODUCTS AND PHYTOMEDICINES USED IN PHARMACY AND MEDICINE 14. The gastrointestinal and biliary system 15. The cardiovascular system 16. The respiratory system 17. The central nervous system 18. Infectious diseases 19. The endocrine system 20. The reproductive and urinary tracts 21. The musculoskeletal system 22. The skin 23. The eye 24. Ear, nose and orthopharynx 25. Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility Epilogue Index
• Edition: Third edition
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam? : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 615.321; Pharmacognosy; Materia medica, Vegetable
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702070068; 0702070068
• Related ISBNs: 9780702070082
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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