Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and Their Extracts: Volume 1 : Pharmacognosy - Alamgir, A.N.M.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017)
I. Introduction -- II. Defination, scope, importance and history of development of pharmacognosy.- III. Medicinal, nonmedicinal, biopesticidic, colors and dye yielding plants; secondary metabolites and drug principles; medicinal plants in the systems of traditional medicine.- IV. Drugs, their natural, synthetic and biosynthetic sources -- V. Classification of drugs, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals; proteins, peptides and enzymes as drugs -- VI. Pharmacognosical botany- taxonomy, morphology and anatomy of drug plants -- VII. Pharmacopoeia, herbal monographs and WHO's guide lines -- VIII. Fibers, surgical dressings and bandages of natural origin.-IX. Production and trade of herbal drugs - cultivation, collection, storage and trade of crude drugs; herbal wealth and national economy -- X. Methods of preparation of crude drugs and their evaluation, quality control and standardization. XI. Microscopy in pharmacognosy. XII. Intellectual property -- Bibliography -- Index.
Keywords: Pharmacology; Plant biochemistry; Complementary medicine; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Plant Biochemistry; Complementary & Alternative Medicine