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Name: Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and Their Extracts: Volume 1: Pharmacognosy
ISBN-13: 9783319638614
ISBN-10: 3319638610
Addition ISBN: 3319638629, 9783319638621
Author(s): A.N.M. Alamgir, Publisher: Springer, Copyright: 2017
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.