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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, William Charles
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Evans, Daphne, Trease, George Edward, 1902-1986
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Saunders/Elsevier, 2009.
Edition:16th ed. /
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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.