Trease and Evans pharmacognosy /
Evans, William Charles
Trease and Evans pharmacognosy / Pharmacognosy William Charles Evans - 16th ed. / rev. with the assistance of Daphne Evans - Edinburgh ; New York : Saunders/Elsevier, 2009 - vi, 603 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Plants in medicine : the origins of pharmacognosy -- The scope and practice of pharmacognosy -- Plant nomenclature and taxonomy -- Biological and geographical sources of drugs -- A taxonomic approach to the study of medicinal plants and animal-derived drugs -- Pharmacological activities of natural products -- Synergy and other interactions in phytomedicines / E.M. Williamson -- Traditional plant medicines as a source of new drugs / P.J. Houghton -- Discovering new lead compounds in pharmaceutical research and development / M.J. O'Neill and J.A. Lewis -- Commerce in crude drugs / R. Baker -- Production of crude drugs -- Plant growth regulators -- Plant cell and tissue culture : biochemical conversions ; clonal propagation -- Phytochemical variation within a species -- Deterioration of stored drugs -- Quality control -- General methods associated with the phytochemical investigation of herbal products -- Basic metabolic pathways and the origin of secondary metabolites -- Hydrocarbons and derivatives -- Carbohydrates -- Phenols and phenolic glycosides -- Volatile oils and resins -- Saponins, cardioactive drugs and other steroids -- Miscellaneous isoprenoids -- Cyanogenetic glycosides, gluosinolate compounds, cysteine derivatives and miscellaneous glycosides -- Alkaloids -- The search for naturally derived anticancer agents -- Antiprotozoal natural products / C.W. Wright -- An overview of drugs with antihepatotoxic and oral hypoglycaemic activities -- Antibacterial and antiviral drugs -- Vitamins and hormones -- The plant nutraceuticals / G.B. Lockwood -- Colouring and flavouring agents -- Miscellaneous products -- Herbal medicine in Britain and Europe : regulation and practice / S.Y. Mills -- Asian medicine / S.E. Weston -- Chinese herbs in the West / S.Y. Mills -- Plants in African traditional medicine--some perspectives / A. Sofowora -- Hallucinogenic, allergenic, teratogenic and other toxic plants -- Pesticides of natural origin -- Plant description, morphology and anatomy -- Cell differentiation and ergastic cell contents -- Techniques in microscopy
Since the previous edition was published in 2002 there have been notable developments in many areas covering the whole field of pharmacognosy. This edition has been updated to include these changes
9780702029332 (alk. paper) 0702029335 (alk. paper) 9780702029349 (international ed.) 0702029343 (international ed.)
2009012547
GBA933237 bnb
101499997 DNLM 015103376 Uk
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacognosy
RS160 / .T75 2009
615/.321
2009 H-540 QV 752 / E92t 2009
Trease and Evans pharmacognosy / Pharmacognosy William Charles Evans - 16th ed. / rev. with the assistance of Daphne Evans - Edinburgh ; New York : Saunders/Elsevier, 2009 - vi, 603 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Plants in medicine : the origins of pharmacognosy -- The scope and practice of pharmacognosy -- Plant nomenclature and taxonomy -- Biological and geographical sources of drugs -- A taxonomic approach to the study of medicinal plants and animal-derived drugs -- Pharmacological activities of natural products -- Synergy and other interactions in phytomedicines / E.M. Williamson -- Traditional plant medicines as a source of new drugs / P.J. Houghton -- Discovering new lead compounds in pharmaceutical research and development / M.J. O'Neill and J.A. Lewis -- Commerce in crude drugs / R. Baker -- Production of crude drugs -- Plant growth regulators -- Plant cell and tissue culture : biochemical conversions ; clonal propagation -- Phytochemical variation within a species -- Deterioration of stored drugs -- Quality control -- General methods associated with the phytochemical investigation of herbal products -- Basic metabolic pathways and the origin of secondary metabolites -- Hydrocarbons and derivatives -- Carbohydrates -- Phenols and phenolic glycosides -- Volatile oils and resins -- Saponins, cardioactive drugs and other steroids -- Miscellaneous isoprenoids -- Cyanogenetic glycosides, gluosinolate compounds, cysteine derivatives and miscellaneous glycosides -- Alkaloids -- The search for naturally derived anticancer agents -- Antiprotozoal natural products / C.W. Wright -- An overview of drugs with antihepatotoxic and oral hypoglycaemic activities -- Antibacterial and antiviral drugs -- Vitamins and hormones -- The plant nutraceuticals / G.B. Lockwood -- Colouring and flavouring agents -- Miscellaneous products -- Herbal medicine in Britain and Europe : regulation and practice / S.Y. Mills -- Asian medicine / S.E. Weston -- Chinese herbs in the West / S.Y. Mills -- Plants in African traditional medicine--some perspectives / A. Sofowora -- Hallucinogenic, allergenic, teratogenic and other toxic plants -- Pesticides of natural origin -- Plant description, morphology and anatomy -- Cell differentiation and ergastic cell contents -- Techniques in microscopy
Since the previous edition was published in 2002 there have been notable developments in many areas covering the whole field of pharmacognosy. This edition has been updated to include these changes
9780702029332 (alk. paper) 0702029335 (alk. paper) 9780702029349 (international ed.) 0702029343 (international ed.)
2009012547
GBA933237 bnb
101499997 DNLM 015103376 Uk
Pharmacognosy
Pharmacognosy
RS160 / .T75 2009
615/.321
2009 H-540 QV 752 / E92t 2009