Main description:

Pharmacognosy: Fundamentals, Applications and Strategies explores a basic understanding of the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, their constituents and metabolites. This book also provides an in-depth look at natural sources from which medicines are derived, their pharmacological and chemical properties, safety aspects, and how they interact with humans.

The book is vital for future research planning, helping readers understand the makeup, function, and metabolites of plants in a way where the history of their usage can be linked to current drug development research, including in vitro, in vivo, and clinical research data.

By focusing on basic principles, current research, and global trends, this book provides a critical resource for students and researchers in the areas of pharmacognosy, pharmacy, botany, medicine, biotechnology, biochemistry, and chemistry.

Contents:

Part I: Pharmacognosy 101 1. Background to Pharmacognosy 2. Traditional Medicine 3. Areas of Science Embraced by Pharmacognosy: Constituent Sciences of Pharmacognosy 4. Plant Anatomy and Physiology 5. Plant Constituents: Carbohydrates, Oils, Resins, Balsams, and Plant Hormones 6. Plant Crude Drugs Part II: Plant Metabolites: Their Chemistry 7. Evolutionary Perspectives on the Role of Plant Secondary Metabolites 8. Glycosides 9. Alkaloids 10. Tannins 11. Terpenoids 12. Other Plant Metabolites 13. Vitamins Part III: Plant Metabolites: Their Effects 14. Chemotherapeutics 15. Bioactive Plant Molecules, Sources and Mechanism of Action in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease 16. Plant Metabolites and More Treating Various Ailments: Natural Products Treating Diseases 17. Psychoactive Drugs Part IV: Metabolites from Other Sources 18. Marine Metabolites: Oceans of Opportunity 19. Animal Metabolites: From Amphibians, Reptiles, Aves/Birds, and Invertebrates 20. Fungal Metabolites Part V: Crude Drugs from Animals 21. Fats 22. Waxes

Part VI: Basic Animal Anatomy and Physiology 23. Form and Function of the Animal Cell 24. Proteins 25. Pharmacokinetics 26. Pharmacodynamics - A Pharmacognosy Perspective 27. Drug Metabolism Part VII: Technological Applications Using Biological Systems 28. Biotechnology Part VIII: Current Trends in Pharmacognosy Research 29. Natural Product Structure Elucidation by NMR Spectroscopy 30. Metabolomics Approach in Pharmacognosy 31. Novel Targets in Drug Discovery 32. Nanotechnology: Building and Observing at the Nanometer Scale 33. Ethical Aspects of Working With Local Communities and Their Biological Resources 34. Factors to Consider in Development of Nutraceutical and Dietary Supplements 35. The Global Regulatory Framework for Medicinal Plants 36. The Potential Role of Bioscience Industries in Small Developing Economies