Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and their Extracts: Volume 2 Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds
This book starts with a general introduction to phytochemistry, followed by chapters on plant constituents, their origins and chemistry, but also discussing animal-, microorganism- and mineral-based drugs. Further chapters cover vitamins, food additives and excipients as well as xenobiotics and pois...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Series: | Progress in Drug Research
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- II. Plant constituents, metabolic pathways, chemistry and their application of plant constituents; bioactive compounds
- III. Chemistry drug principles derived from animal, marine organisms, microorganisms synthesized drugs or laboratory sources and minerals
- IV. Vitamins, food additives, enzymes, anaesthetic aids and cosmetics
- V. Poisons, hallucinogens, teratogens, allergens and pesticides; biogenous and xenobiotic drugs and their metabolism
- VI. Biotechnology and herbal way of disease management
- VII. Molecular pharmacognosy – a new borderline discipline between molecular biology and pharmacognosy
- VIII. Methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of plant constituents. Bibliography
- Index