EAN: 9783319923864

THERAPEUTIC USE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR E...

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.

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