Pharmacognosy / Edward P. Claus

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Lea & Febiger, c1956Edition: Third EditionDescription: 697 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • RS 160 .C53 1956
Contents:
Chapter 1. General introduction -- 2. The chemical classification of drugs -- 3. Carbohydrates -- 4. Glycosides -- 5. Tannins -- 6. Fixed oils, fats, and waxes -- 7. Volatile oils -- 8. Resins and resin-combinations -- 9. Alkaloids -- 10. Endocrine products -- 11. Vitamins and vitamin-containing drugs -- 12. Enzymes and enzyme-containing drugs -- 13. Proteins and related substances -- 14. Antibiotics -- 15. Immunizing biologicals -- 16. Allergens and allergenic preparations -- 17. Pesticides.
Summary: The third edition of the text stresses the chemical classification of plant and animal drugs. Although the late authors of the second edition referred to the chemical approach, they utilized the taxonomical approach as their method of classification.
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Includes index.

Chapter 1. General introduction -- 2. The chemical classification of drugs -- 3. Carbohydrates -- 4. Glycosides -- 5. Tannins -- 6. Fixed oils, fats, and waxes -- 7. Volatile oils -- 8. Resins and resin-combinations -- 9. Alkaloids -- 10. Endocrine products -- 11. Vitamins and vitamin-containing drugs -- 12. Enzymes and enzyme-containing drugs -- 13. Proteins and related substances -- 14. Antibiotics -- 15. Immunizing biologicals -- 16. Allergens and allergenic preparations -- 17. Pesticides.

The third edition of the text stresses the chemical classification of plant and animal drugs. Although the late authors of the second edition referred to the chemical approach, they utilized the taxonomical approach as their method of classification.

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