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

Contributor(s):

Heinrich, Michael, 1957 July 4-

Publication details: Edinburgh New York Churchill Livingstone 2004Description: ix, 309pSubject(s):

DDC classification:

615.321 HEI

Contents:

Pt. A. Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy -- Sect. 1. Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy -- 1. Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine -- 2. Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products -- Sect. 2. Basic plant biology -- 3. General principles of botany: morphology and systematics -- 4. Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals -- 5. Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy -- Sect. 3. Natural product chemistry -- 6. Natural product chemistry -- 7. Methods in natural product chemistry -- 8. Anticancer natural products -- Sect. 4. Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals -- 9. Production, standardization and quality control -- 10. Characteristics of phytomedicines -- Sect. 5. Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems -- 11. Traditional systems of herbal medicine -- 12. Complementary/alternative medicine -- Pt. B. Important Natural Products and Phytomedicines Used in Pharmacy and Medicine -- 13. gastrointestinal and biliary system -- 14. cardiovascular system -- 15. respiratory system -- 16. central nervous system -- 17. Infectious diseases -- 18. endocrine system -- 19. reproductive and urinary tracts -- 20. musculoskeletal system -- 21. skin -- 22. eye -- 23. Ear, nose and orthopharynx -- 24. Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility -- Epilogue - a personal view / J. David Phillipson.

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