Pharmacognosy. Fundamentals, Applications and Strategies

Content: 
Front-matter,Copyright,List of Contributors,Foreword,PrefaceEntitled to full textPart I: Pharmacognosy 101Chapter 1 - Background to Pharmacognosy, Pages 3-13
Chapter 2 - Traditional Medicine, Pages 15-30
Chapter 3 - Areas of Science Embraced by Pharmacognosy: Constituent Sciences of Pharmacognosy, Pages 31-44
Chapter 4 - Plant Anatomy and Physiology, Pages 45-60
Chapter 5 - Plant Constituents: Carbohydrates, Oils, Resins, Balsams, and Plant Hormones, Pages 61-80
Chapter 6 - Plant Crude Drugs, Pages 81-89
Chapter 7 - Evolutionary Perspectives on the Role of Plant Secondary Metabolites, Pages 93-100
Chapter 8 - Glycosides, Pages 101-161
Chapter 9 - Alkaloids, Pages 163-198
Chapter 10 - Tannins, Pages 199-232
Chapter 11 - Terpenoids, Pages 233-266
Chapter 12 - Other Plant Metabolites, Pages 267-280
Chapter 13 - Vitamins, Pages 281-292
Chapter 14 - Chemotherapeutics, Pages 295-313
Chapter 15 - Bioactive Plant Molecules, Sources and Mechanism of Action in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease, Pages 315-336
Chapter 16 - Plant Metabolites and More Treating Various Ailments: Natural Products Treating Diseases, Pages 337-361
Chapter 17 - Psychoactive Drugs, Pages 363-374
Chapter 18 - Marine Metabolites: Oceans of Opportunity, Pages 377-400
Chapter 19 - Animal Metabolites: From Amphibians, Reptiles, Aves/Birds, and Invertebrates, Pages 401-411
Chapter 20 - Fungal Metabolites, Pages 413-421
Chapter 21 - Fats, Pages 425-441
Chapter 22 - Waxes, Pages 443-455
Chapter 23 - Form and Function of the Animal Cell, Pages 459-475
Chapter 24 - Proteins, Pages 477-494
Chapter 25 - Pharmacokinetics, Pages 495-512
Chapter 26 - Pharmacodynamics—A Pharmacognosy Perspective, Pages 513-525
Chapter 27 - Drug Metabolism, Pages 527-545
Chapter 28 - Biotechnology, Pages 549-563
Chapter 29 - Natural Product Structure Elucidation by NMR Spectroscopy, Pages 567-596
Chapter 30 - Metabolomics Approach in Pharmacognosy, Pages 597-616
Chapter 31 - Novel Targets in Drug Discovery, Pages 617-632
Chapter 32 - Nanotechnology: Building and Observing at the Nanometer Scale, Pages 633-643
Chapter 33 - Ethical Aspects of Working With Local Communities and Their Biological Resources, Pages 645-651
Chapter 34 - Factors to Consider in Development of Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplements, Pages 653-661
Chapter 35 - The Global Regulatory Framework for Medicinal Plants, Pages 663-675
Chapter 36 - The Potential Role of Bioscience Industries in Small Developing Economies, Pages 677-685
Index, Pages 687-716