Textbook of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry / Biren N. Shah and A.K. Seth

Includes index.

Front Cover ; Front Matter ; Copyright ; Preface; Contents; PART A Introduction to Pharmacognosy ; Chapter 1 -- History, Definition and Scope of Pharmacognosy; 1.1. Meaning of Pharmacognosy; 1.2. Origin of Pharmacognosy; 1.3. History of Pharmacognosy; Ancient China; Ancient Egypt; Ancient India; Ancient Greece and Rome; Isolation of phytochemicals; Structure activity relationship; Drugs obtained by partial synthesis of natural products; Natural products as models for synthesis of new drugs; Drugs of direct therapeutic uses; Biosynthetic pathways; Progress from 1960 onwards; Technical products. Pharmaceuticals aidsDiscovery of new medicines from plants- nutraceutical use versus drug development; 1.4. Scope of Pharmacognosy; 1.5. Future of Pharmacognosy; 1.6. Pharmacognostical Scheme; Biological Source; Geographical Source; Cultivation, Collection and Preparation; Morphological Characters; Microscopical Characters; Chemical Constituents; Uses; Substituents; Adulterants; Chemical Tests; Chapter 2 -- Alternative Systems of Medicine; Introduction; Traditional Chinese Medicine System; Treatment; Indian Systems of Medicine; Ayurveda-The Indian System of Medicine. Basic principles of ayurvedaDiagnosis; Treatment; Properties of herbs; Branches of ayurveda; Siddha System of Medicine; Principle of Siddha system of medicine; Tridoshas according to Siddha medicine; Method of treatment; Siddha pharmacy; Unani System of Medicine; Diagnosis; Treatment; Homeopathic System of Medicine; Fundamental Principles of Homoeopathy; Law of similia; Law of simplex; Law of minimum; Drug proving; Drug dynamization or potentization; Preparation of potencies; Decimal scale; Centesimal scale; Millesimal scale; Vital force; Acute and chronic diseases; Individualization. Direction of cureAromatherapy; Origin of Aromatherapy; Mode of Action of Aroma Oils; Bach Flower Remedies; Tibetan System of Medicine; Interrogation; Visual Examination; Tactile Examination; Treatments; Diet; Behaviour Modification; Medicine; Physical Therapy; Chapter 3 -- Classification of Drugs of Natural Origin; 3.1. Introduction; Organized Drugs; Unorganized Drugs; 3.2. Classification of Crude Drugs; Alphabetical Classification; Merits; Demerits; Taxonomical Classification; Merits; Demerits; Morphological Classification; Organized drugs; Unorganized drugs; Merits; Demerits. Pharmacological ClassificationMerits; Demerits; Chemical Classification; Merits; Demerits; Chemotaxonomical Classification; Serotaxonomical Classification; PART B Pharmaceutical Botany ; Chapter 4 -- Morphology of Different Parts of Medicinal Plant; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. History; Bentham and Hooker's System; Hutchinson's System of Classification; 4.3. Study of Different Tissue Systems; Dermal Tissue System; Epidermis; Functions; Stomata; Trichomes; [A] Covering trichomes; [B] Glandular trichomes; Periderm; Vascular Tissue System; Function; [1] Xylem; [2] Phloem; [3] Cambium.

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. Only Textbook Offering ... Recent data on trade of Indian medicinal plants (till 2008) Illustrated bios.