Trease and Evans pharmacognosy /
This encyclopedic reference work on pharmacognosy covers the study of those natural substances, principally plants, that find a use in medicine. Its popularity and longevity stem from the book's balance between classical (crude and powdered drugs' characterization and examination) and mode...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh ; New York :
Saunders/Elsevier,
2009.
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| Edition: | 16th ed. / |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Introduction
- pt. 2. The plant and animal kingdoms as sources of drugs
- pt. 3. Principles related to the commercial production, quality and standardization of natural products
- pt. 4. Phytochemistry
- pt. 5. Pharmacopoeial and related drugs of biological origin
- pt. 6. Plants in complementary and traditional systems of medicine
- pt. 7. Non-medicinal toxic plants and pesticides
- pt. 8. Morphological and microscopical examination of drugs.