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. INDICE: 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
- ISBN: 978-8-1312-3458-7
- Editorial: Elsevier India
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 586
- Fecha Publicación: 12/04/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés