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Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and Their Extracts: Volume 1

Pharmacognosy

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. A.N.M. Alamgir

    1. Department of Botany, Chittagong University, Chittagong, Bangladesh

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  • Comprehensive coverage of the interdisciplinary field of pharmacognosy
  • Includes chapters on preparation of crude drugs and quality control, herbal patents and Intellectual Property Rights
  • Supplemented by a second volume on Phytochemistry and bioactive compounds
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Progress in Drug Research (PDR, volume 73)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 1-17

  3. Origin, Definition, Scope and Area, Subject Matter, Importance, and History of Development of Pharmacognosy

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 19-60

  4. 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)

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 61-104

  5. Drugs: Their Natural, Synthetic, and Biosynthetic Sources

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 105-123

  6. Classification of Drugs, Nutraceuticals, Functional Food, and Cosmeceuticals; Proteins, Peptides, and Enzymes as Drugs

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 125-175

  7. Pharmacognostical Botany: Classification of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs), Botanical Taxonomy, Morphology, and Anatomy of Drug Plants

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 177-293

  8. 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

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    Pages 295-353

  9. Fibers, Surgical Dressings, and Bandages of Natural Origin

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 355-378

  10. Cultivation of Herbal Drugs, Biotechnology, and In Vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites, High-Value Medicinal Plants, Herbal Wealth, and Herbal Trade

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 379-452

  11. Herbal Drugs: Their Collection, Preservation, and Preparation; Evaluation, Quality Control, and Standardization of Herbal Drugs

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 453-495

  12. Microscopy in Pharmacognosy

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 497-513

  13. Intellectual Property (IP) and Intellectual Property Right (IPR), Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Protection of Traditional Medical Knowledge (TMK)

    • A. N. M. Alamgir
    Pages 515-528

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 529-546
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About this book

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.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, Chittagong University, Chittagong, Bangladesh

    A.N.M. Alamgir

About the author

Prof. Alamgir has been working as professor in the Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the last 30 years. He teaches plant physiology, biochemistry and pharmacognosy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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