Author : Professor (Dr.) Jyotirmaya Sahoo
Publisher : JEC PUBLICATION
ISBN 13 : 9361756974
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (617 download)
Book Synopsis Concise Encyclopedia of Herbal Drugs(Quick memorising of the pharmacognostic features) by : Professor (Dr.) Jyotirmaya Sahoo
Download or read book Concise Encyclopedia of Herbal Drugs(Quick memorising of the pharmacognostic features) written by Professor (Dr.) Jyotirmaya Sahoo and published by JEC PUBLICATION. This book was released on with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pharmacognosy" is a Greek word, derived from pharmakon means drug, and gnosis means knowledge. It is the study of the crude drugs produced from natural sources such as plants, animals and minerals including their morphological, chemical, and biological properties as well as history, cultivation, collection, extraction, isolation, bioassay, and their standardization for biological, chemical, biochemical, and physical properties. The objective of the study of “pharmacognosy” is for safe use of herbal drugs including their side effects, toxicity, drug interaction, etc thereby increasing effectiveness in modern medicine. Like any other scientific area, since the introduction of Pharmacognosy some 200 years ago, it has evolved over the years, and now Pharmacognosy can be defined as the science of biogenic or naturally derived drugs, pharmaceuticals and poisons. Various modern analytical techniques are used to authenticate and standardization of the crude drugs. De materia medica is a pharmacopoeia of medicinal plants written by Dioscorides between 50 and 70 CE in which about 600 plants are placed. Keeping the requirements of the curriculum for the students of Bachelor of Pharmacy and Diploma in Pharmacy under Pharmacy Council of India in view, the authors of Concise Encyclopedia of Herbal Drugs have put a small effort to bring 134 herbal drugs with their synonym, biological name, family, source, uses, chemical constituents, chemical identification tests, adulterant, picture of the drug and the chemical structure of one of the major constituents with this book. Pictures are collected from search engine google. The chemical structures of the phyto constituents are drawn using software Chemdraw version 12.0. As the monograph of the herbal drugs too difficult to memorize so the authors concise the monograph and along with provided a large coloured picture of the drug to make it attractive for the students to read and memorize. It would be grateful to the readers if they draw the attention to the deficiencies and errors that might have remained. We express our sincere gratitude to all who have extended their cooperation and help in completion of this book. Hope, this book would be well accepted by the students and teacher community.
