TY - BOOK AU - Heinrich,Michael TI - Fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy U1 - 615.321 HEI PY - 2004/// CY - Edinburgh, New York PB - Churchill Livingstone KW - Pharmacognosy KW - Materia medica, Vegetable KW - Plants, Medicinal KW - Phytotherapy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -