Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry – Biren Shah, A. K. Seth – 1st Edition

The pharmacognosy and phytochemistry textbook is the result of numerous efforts by the authors to assimilate the voluminous knowledge of traditional and modern pharmacognosy, which for a long time has been a requirement of the study plans of various universities around the world In the past, pharmacognosy was considered as the study of drugs of natural origin. or pharmacological substances of natural origin, as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources. alternative medicine, classification, morphology, identification, cultivation, the collection, production and use of drugs, trade and use of aromatic and medicinal plants and their contribution to the national economy, adulteration of drugs of natural origin, evaluation of drugs for their physical, chemical and organoleptic properties, biological detection of herbal medicines, biosynthetic routes of various phytopharmaceuticals, pharmacognostic study of raw drugs, extraction, conditioning and purification of herbal medicines and modern plant biotechnology.

So much information about the natural drug gives rise to a topic that is now recognized as modern pharmacognosy. It is a highly interdisciplinary science, which encompasses a wide range of studies that involve the phytochemical study of medicinal plants and the biologically active principles obtained from these plants, in addition to the traditional pharmacognostic aspects of natural drugs. Bearing in mind all this extensive information on the subject, a text book is intended to contribute substantially to the world of pharmacognosists.

This modern book on pharmacognosy and phytochemistry emphasizes the biodiversity of plants and covers biosynthesis, extraction, isolation of compounds with TLC identification, determination of bioactivity and synthesis of plant components of interest in addition to traditional pharmacognosy that includes cultivation, collection, morphology, microscopy, taxonomy. , chemical constituents and uses of drugs of natural origin. A special feature of the book is an additional advantage, the inclusion of marketed products of the drugs described. The book is designed to have 35 chapters divided into 10 parts (A to J). Each chapter is written with the aim of providing academics and researchers with a reasonable basis on the respective topic. A special miscellaneous chapter has been dedicated to providing information on Ayurvedic medicinal plants, marine, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals, as well as herbs that have been shown to be pesticides or allergens or to produce colors, dyes and hallucinogenic effects. The authors’ objective is completely achieved through the systemic assembly of the chapters well written with clean diagrams and well labeled where necessary. The authors transmit a deep feeling of gratitude to their parents, parents, spouses and children for motivating them to provide a type of book that is collectively required by undergraduate and graduate students and researchers in a single place. This is an additional advantage that the book will offer to readers of any social condition. Without a doubt, the authors are in God with all those who have supported to give the book this current form. Last but not least, the authors are immensely grateful to our editor for their support, guidance and cooperation in publishing this book. The authors will always ask for suggestions and criticism to improve even more the quality of the book in a real sense