Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and Their Extracts : Pharmacognosy

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
 Introduction  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 1-17
 Origin, Definition, Scope and Area, Subject Matter, Importance, and History of Development of Pharmacognosy  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 19-60
 Medicinal, Non-medicinal, Biopesticides, Color- and Dye-Yielding Plants; Secondary Metabolites and Drug Principles; Significance of Medicinal Plants; Use of Medicinal Plants in the Systems of Traditional and Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs)  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 61-104
 Drugs: Their Natural, Synthetic, and Biosynthetic Sources  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 105-123
 Classification of Drugs, Nutraceuticals, Functional Food, and Cosmeceuticals; Proteins, Peptides, and Enzymes as Drugs  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 125-175
 Pharmacognostical Botany: Classification of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs), Botanical Taxonomy, Morphology, and Anatomy of Drug Plants  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 177-293
 Pharmacopoeia and Herbal Monograph, the Aim and Use of WHO’s Herbal Monograph, WHO’s Guide Lines for Herbal Monograph, Pharmacognostical Research and Monographs of Organized, Unorganized Drugs and Drugs from Animal Sources  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 295-353
 Fibers, Surgical Dressings, and Bandages of Natural Origin  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 355-378
 Cultivation of Herbal Drugs, Biotechnology, and In Vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites, High-Value Medicinal Plants, Herbal Wealth, and Herbal Trade  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 379-452
 Herbal Drugs: Their Collection, Preservation, and Preparation; Evaluation, Quality Control, and Standardization of Herbal Drugs  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 453-495
 Microscopy in Pharmacognosy  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 497-513
 Intellectual Property (IP) and Intellectual Property Right (IPR), Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Protection of Traditional Medical Knowledge (TMK)  (A. N. M. Alamgir)....Pages 515-528
Back Matter ....Pages 529-546