"Botany, pharmacology, therapy, culture and commerce of medicinal herbs -- for B.Sc. and M.Sc students."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. Pharmacognosy : Introduction -- Origin, definition, scope and area, subject matter, importance, and history of development of pharmacognosy -- 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) -- Drugs : their natural, synthetic, and biosynthetic sources -- Classification of drugs, nutraceuticals, functional food, and cosmeceuticals; proteins, peptides, and enzymes as drugs -- Pharmacognostical botany : classification of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs), botanical taxonomy, morphology, and anatomy of drug plants -- 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 -- Fibers, surgical dressings, and bandages of natural origin -- Cultivation of herbal drugs, biotechnology, and in vitro production of secondary metabolites, high-value medicinal plants, herbal wealth, and herbal trade -- Herbal drugs : their collection, preservation, and preparation; evaluation, quality control, and standardization of herbal drugs -- Microscopy in pharmacognosy -- Intellectual property (IP) and intellectual property right (IPR), traditional knowledge (TK) and protection of traditional medical knowledge (TMK) -- volume 2. Phytochemistry and bioactive compounds : 1. Introduction -- 2. Phytoconstituents : active and inert constituents, metabolic pathways, chemistry and application of phytoconstituents, primary metabolic products, and bioactive compounds of primary metabolic origin -- 3. Secondary metabolites : secondary metabolic products consisting of C and H; C, H, and O; N, S, and P elements; and O/N heterocycles -- 4. Bioactive compounds and pharmaceutical excipients derived from animals, marine organisms, microorganisms, minerals, synthesized compounds, and pharmaceutical drugs -- 5. Vitamins, nutraceuticals, food additives, enzymes, anesthetic aids, and cosmetics -- 6. Poisons, hallucinogens, teratogens, pesticides, and xenobiotics : their sources, classification, chemistry, and metabolism -- 7. Biotechnology, in vitro production of natural bioactive compounds, herbal preparation, and disease management (treatment and prevention) -- 8. Molecular pharmacognosy : a new borderline discipline between molecular biology and pharmacognosy -- 9. Methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of plant constituents. --

"This volume focuses on the importance of therapeutically active compounds of natural origin. Natural materials from plants, microbes, animals, marine organisms and minerals are important sources of modern drugs. Beginning with two chapters on the development and definition of the interdisciplinary field of pharmacognosy, the volume offers up-to-date information on natural and biosynthetic sources of drugs, classification of crude drugs, pharmacognosical botany, examples of medical application, WHO's guidelines and intellectual property rights for herbal products."-- Back cover.