A TEXTBOOK OF PHARMACOGNOSY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY

A textbook of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry you are holding a new textbook of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry for the students of pharmacy. Primarily this book has been written with the aim of meeting the needs and interests of undergraduate and postgraduate students of pharmacy course. This book is written according to the syllabi of various indian universities. The material has been chosen to meet the studentsandrsquo; expectation that is why only certain topics have been selected in the textbook. Each topic is presented in a similar way. Contents 1. Importance and scope of medicinal plants 2. Classification of crude drugs 3. Drug adulteration 4.Biogenesis of phyto-pharmaceuticals and basic metabolic pathways 5. Chemical nature of phytoconstituents 6. Extraction techniques 7. Industrial production and analysis of phytoconstituents 8. Marine pharmacognosy 9. Indigenous system of medicines 10. Plant tissue culture 11. Pharmaceutical enzymes 12. Primary metabolites 12.1 carbohydrates 12.2 proteins 12.3 lipids 13. Secondary metabolites 13.1 alkaloids 13.2 glycosides 13.3 tannins 13.4 terpenoids 13.5 resins and resin combinations 14. Plant fibres 15. Natural dyes question papers