Overview
- Provides up-to-date information on different aspects of phytochemistry
- Includes a chapter on the concept and methods of molecular pharmacognosy
- Is supplemented by a second volume on the interdisciplinary field of pharmacognosy
Part of the book series: Progress in Drug Research (PDR, volume 74)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book starts with a general introduction to phytochemistry, followed by chapters on plant constituents, their origins and chemistry, but also discussing animal-, microorganism- and mineral-based drugs. Further chapters cover vitamins, food additives and excipients as well as xenobiotics and poisons. The book also explores the herbal approach to disease management and molecular pharmacognosy and introduces methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of plant constituents.
Phytochemicals are classified as primary (e.g. carbohydrates, lipids, amino acid derivations, etc.) or secondary (e.g. alkaloids, terpenes and terpenoids, phenolic compounds, glycosides, etc.) metabolites according to their metabolic route of origin, chemical structure and function. A wide variety of primary and secondary phytochemicals are present in medicinal plants, some of which are active phytomedicines and some of which are pharmaceutical excipients.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Prof. Alamgir has been working as a Professor at the Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the last 30 years. He teaches plant physiology, biochemistry and pharmacognosy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Therapeutic Use of Medicinal Plants and their Extracts: Volume 2
Book Subtitle: Phytochemistry and Bioactive Compounds
Authors: A.N.M. Alamgir
Series Title: Progress in Drug Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92387-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92386-4Published: 12 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06423-5Published: 14 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92387-1Published: 23 June 2018
Series ISSN: 0071-786X
Series E-ISSN: 2297-4555
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 826
Number of Illustrations: 208 b/w illustrations, 97 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Plant Biochemistry, Complementary & Alternative Medicine