Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy
Heinrich, Michael, Dr rer nat habil MA(WSU) Dipl. Biol. FLS (Professor and Head of Centre for Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK) / Barnes, Joanne (Associate Professor in Herbal Medicines, School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, New Zealand) / Prieto-Garcia, Jose (Lecturer in Pharmacognosy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, UK) / Gibbons, Simon (Simon Gibbons, BSc MRSC CChem PhD FLS, Professor of Natural Product Chemistry at the University of East Anglia School of Pharmacy UK Simon Gibbons, BSc MRSC CChem PhD FLS, Professor of Natural Product Chemistry at the University of East Anglia School of Pharmacy UK) / Williamson, Elizabeth M. (Professor of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, UK, Editor-in-chief of Phytotherapy Research, Member of the Herbal Drugs Committees for The British Pharmacopoeia and The European Pharmacopoeia Professor of Pharmacy and Director of Pharmacy Practice)![Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/241/24141682/CHSBZCOP0324141682.jpg)
Pharmacognosy (the science of biogenic or nature-derived pharmaceuticals and poisons) has been an established basic pharmaceutical science taught in institutions of pharmacy education for over two centuries. Over the past 20 years though it has become increasingly important given the explosion of new drugs, phytomedicines (plant medicines), nutraceuticals and dietary supplements - all of which need to be fully understood, tested and regulated....