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Pharmacognosy - Medicinal Plants


Author: Areej Al-Taweel, Shagufta Perveen
Source: Directory of Open Access Books
Publisher: IntechOpen
ISBN: 9781838806101||9781838806118||9781838808747

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Pharmacognosy is a term derived from the Greek words for drug (pharmakon) and knowledge (gnosis). It is a field of study within Chemistry focused on natural products isolated from different sources and their biological activities. Research on natural products began more than a hundred years ago and has continued up to now with a plethora of research groups discovering new ideas and novel active constituents. This book compiles the latest research in the field and will be of interest to scientists, researchers, and students.