Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry I

This book covers the biological sources, chemical constituents and therapeutic efficacies of crude and herbal drugs along with the basic principles involved in the traditional systems of medicine. The text also emphasizes Ayurvedic formulations, health food, herbal formulations, herbal cosmetics and phytochemical investigation of medicinal constituents. The book comprises 19 chapters including pharmacognosy, classification of drugs, quality control of drugs of natural origin, evaluation of crude drug, cultivation of medicinal plants, plant hormones, polyploidy, mutation and hybridization, conservation of medicinal plants, plant tissue culture, edible vaccines, secondary metabolites, plant products, hallucinogens, teratogens, natural allergens, primary metabolites, proteins and enzymes, lipids and marine drugs. The text strictly adheres to the latest syllabus prescribed by the Pharmacy Council of India for BPharm fourth semester students under Course Code BP 405T. Salient features • Confirms to latest PCI course code BP 405T • Follows a lucid and easy-to-understand language • A comprehensive detail on the pharmacological activities of herbal drugs, their biological sources, cultivation, distribution, chemical constituents, and therapeutic uses • Detailed illustration of crude drugs and structural formulae of important chemical constituents • A separate chapter on marine drugs