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Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy » (1st Edition)
Authors: Michael Heinrich, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons
ISBN-13: 9780443071324, ISBN-10: 0443071322
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Date Published: January 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Michael Heinrich
Book Synopsis
Developed at the University of London, this textbook introduces the pharmacognostical basis, botany, and chemistry of medical products derived from plant sources, then prescribes the use of natural products to treat ailments affecting the different body systems. Topics include the history of medical herbalism, anticancer natural products, production methods, traditional Chinese medicine, and ayurveda. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Pt. A | Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy | |
| Sect. 1 | Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy | 3 |
| 1 | Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine | 4 |
| 2 | Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products | 8 |
| Sect. 2 | Basic plant biology | 23 |
| 3 | General principles of botany: morphology and systematics | 24 |
| 4 | Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals | 32 |
| 5 | Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy | 48 |
| Sect. 3 | Natural product chemistry | 59 |
| 6 | Natural product chemistry | 60 |
| 7 | Methods in natural product chemistry | 106 |
| 8 | Anticancer natural products | 129 |
| Sect. 4 | Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals | 143 |
| 9 | Production, standardization and quality control | 144 |
| 10 | Characteristics of phytomedicines | 160 |
| Sect. 5 | Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems | 169 |
| 11 | Traditional systems of herbal medicine | 170 |
| 12 | Complementary/alternative medicine | 184 |
| Pt. B | Important Natural Products and Phytomedicines Used in Pharmacy and Medicine | |
| 13 | The gastrointestinal and biliary system | 199 |
| 14 | The cardiovascular system | 215 |
| 15 | The respiratory system | 222 |
| 16 | The central nervous system | 234 |
| 17 | Infectious diseases | 245 |
| 18 | The endocrine system | 253 |
| 19 | The reproductive and urinary tracts | 260 |
| 20 | The musculoskeletal system | 262 |
| 21 | The skin | 268 |
| 22 | The eye | 272 |
| 23 | Ear, nose and orthopharynx | 274 |
| 24 | Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility | 277 |
| Epilogue - a personal view | 284 | |
| Botanical glossary | 290 | |
| Index | 294 |
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