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