Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and their Extracts: Volume 2 Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds /

This book starts with a general introduction to phytochemistry, followed by chapters on plant constituents, their origins and chemistry, but also discussing animal-, microorganism- and mineral-based drugs. Further chapters cover vitamins, food additives and excipients as well as xenobiotics and pois...

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Main Author: Alamgir, A.N.M (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Progress in Drug Research, 74
Subjects:
Pharmacology.
Plant biochemistry.
Complementary medicine.
ISBN:9783319923871
ISSN:0071-786X ;
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Plant constituents, metabolic pathways, chemistry and their application of plant constituents; bioactive compounds
  • III. Chemistry drug principles derived from animal, marine organisms, microorganisms synthesized drugs or laboratory sources and minerals
  • IV. Vitamins, food additives, enzymes, anaesthetic aids and cosmetics
  • V. Poisons, hallucinogens, teratogens, allergens and pesticides; biogenous and xenobiotic drugs and their metabolism
  • VI. Biotechnology and herbal way of disease management
  • VII. Molecular pharmacognosy - a new borderline discipline between molecular biology and pharmacognosy
  • VIII. Methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of plant constituents. Bibliography
  • Index.

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