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Shah, Biren

Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry / by Biren Shah - 2nd - New Delhi: CBS Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd., 2026 - xxii, 614p. 28 x 21 cm.

This book included Index and Biological Index.

Part 1: Introduction to Pharmacognosy

1. History, Definition and Scope of Pharmacognosy
2. Alternative Systems of Medicine
3. Classification of Drugs of Natural Origin

Part 2: Pharmaceutical Botany

4. Morphology of Different Plant Parts
5. Study of Different Families

Part 3: Cultivation, Collection, Production and Utilization of Herbal Drugs

6. Cultivation, Collection and Processing of Herbal Drugs
7. Indian Trade in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
8. Utilization of Aromatic Plants and Derived Products
9. Role of Medicinal Plants in National Economy

Part 4: Analytical Pharmacognosy

10. Drug Adulteration
11. Evaluation of Crude Drugs
12. Biological Screening of Herbal Drugs

Part 5: Biogenesis of Phytopharmaceuticals

13. General Biosynthetic Pathways of Secondary Metabolites

Part 6: Pharmacognostical Study of Crude Drugs

14. Drugs Containing Carbohydrates and Derived Products
15. Drugs Containing Alkaloids
16. Drugs Containing Glycosides
17. Drugs Containing Volatile Oils
18. Drugs Containing Resins
19. Drugs Containing Lipids
20. Drugs Containing Tannins
21. Enzymes and Protein Drugs
22. Fibres, Sutures and Surgical Dressings
23. Drugs of Mineral Origin

Part 7: Extraction, Isolation and Purification of Herbal Drugs

24. General Methods for Extraction, Isolation and Identification of Herbal Drugs
25. Isolation of Phytopharmaceuticals

Part 8: Medicinal Plant Biotechnology

26. Plant Tissue Culture

Part 9: Miscellaneous

27. Ayurvedic Pharmacy
28. Marine Pharmacognosy
29. Nutraceuticals and Cosmeceuticals
30. Natural Pesticides


ISBN: 9789386217738

Dewey Class. No.: 615.321 / SHA