Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and Their Extracts: Volume 1 Pharmacognosy /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Alamgir, A.N.M (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Progress in Drug Research, 73
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Pharmacology.; Complementary medicine.; Plant biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Plant Biochemistry.; Complementary & Alternative Medicine.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XV, 546 p. 101 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319638621
• ISSN: 0071-786X ;

This volume focuses on the importance of therapeutically active compounds of natural origin. Natural materials from plants, microbes, animals, marine organisms and minerals are important sources of modern drugs.  Beginning with two chapters on the development and definition of the interdisciplinary field of pharmacognosy, the volume offers up-to-date information on natural and biosynthetic sources of drugs, classification of crude drugs, pharmacognosical botany, examples of medical application, WHO´s guidelines and intellectual property rights for herbal products.