Heinrich, Michael creator author. Barnes, joanne author. Gibbons, Simon author. Williamson, Elizabeth M. author. Kinghorn, A. Douglas author. Phillipson, j. David author. text bibliography stk 2012 2nd ed. monographic eng

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ix, 326 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine -- Pharmacognosy and its history : people, plants, and natural products -- General principles of botany : morphology and systematics -- Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals -- Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy -- Natural product chemistry -- Methods in natural product chemistry -- Anticancer natural products -- Production, standardization, and quality control -- Toxicity of herbal constituents -- What makes phytomedicines unique? -- Traditional systems of herbal medicine -- Complementary/alternative medicine -- The gastrointestinal and biliary system -- The cardiovascular system -- The respiratory system -- The central nervous system -- Infectious diseases -- The endocrine system -- The reproductive and urinary tracts -- The musculoskeletal system -- The skin -- The eye -- Ear, nose, and orthopharynx -- Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer, and debility. Michael Heinrich ... [et al.] ; foreword, A. Douglas Kinghorn ; epilogue, J. David Phillipson ; illustrations by Debbie Maizels and Simon Gibbons. Includes bibliographical references and index. Pharmacognosy Materia medica, Vegetable Plants, Medicinal Pharmacognosy methods Phytotherapy methods RS160 .F86 2012 9780702033889 070203388X IQ-NaUA 110520 20230522042705.0 ara