Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

By Michael Heinrich, Dr rer nat habil MA(WSU) Dipl. Biol. FLS, Professor of Ethnopharmacology and Pharmacognosy and Head of Centre for Pharma & Bio Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK José Prieto-Garcia, Associate Professor in Natural Products and Phytochemistry at Liverpool John Moores University, UK Elizabeth M. Williamson, BSc(Pharm) PhD MRPharmS FLS, Emerita Professor of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, UK; former Editor-in-chief - now a Senior Editor of Phytotherapy Research; Member of the Herbal Drugs Committees for The British Pharmacopoeia

• PART A Fundamentals of PharmacognosySECTION 1 Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy1. Importance of Plants in Modern Pharmacy and Medicine2. Pharmacognosy and Its History: People, Plants and Natural ProductsSECTION 2 Medicinal Plant Sciences3. General Principles of Botany: Morphology and Systematics4. Plant Families Yielding Important Medicines5. Ethnobotany and EthnopharmacologySECTION 3 Natural Products: An Introduction6. Natural Product Chemistry7. Analytical Methods for Natural Products8. Natural Product Isolation and Structure Elucidation9. Natural Products With Anticancer and Chemopreventive Effects10. Antimicrobial Natural ProductsSECTION 4 Herbal Medicinal Products11. The Complex Pharmacology of Herbal Medicines12. Production, Quality Control and Standardisation of Herbal Medicines13. Toxicity of Herbal Constituents14. Herbal Medicine Interactions15. Regulation and Pharmacovigilance for Herbal Medicines16. Plants in Traditional Medicine Systems17. Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Plant TherapiesPART B Important Plant Medicines18. The Gastrointestinal and Biliary System19. The Cardiovascular System20. Weight-Loss Supplements21. The Respiratory System22. The Central Nervous System23. The Musculoskeletal System24. Female Hormonal and Reproductive Conditions25. The Male Reproductive System26. Supportive Therapies for Stress, Ageing, Cancer and Debility27. Topical Phytotherapy: Skin, Hair, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat

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