Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy 15/e

-No other book provides such a wealth of detail
-A reservoir of knowledge in a field where there is a resurgence
of interest - plants as a source of drugs are of growing
interest both in complementary medicine fields and in the
pharmaceutical industry in their search for new 'lead compounds'
-Dr Evans has been associated with the book for over 20 years
and is a recognised authority in all parts of the world where
pharmacognosy is studied, his knowledge and grasp of the subject
matter is unique
-Meticulously referenced and kept up to date by the editor, new
contributors brought in to cover new areas

Preface
Contributors
Pt. 1 Introduction 1
1 Pharmacognosy 3
2 Approaches to the Study of Medicinal Plants; Literature 5
3 Plant Nomenclature and Taxonomy 8

Pt. 2 The Plant and Animal Kingdoms as Sources of Drugs 13
4 Biological and Geographical Sources of Drugs 15
5 Biologically Active Compounds from Marine Organisms 18
6 Orders and Families of Medicinal Plants; Animal-derived Drugs
28

Pt. 3 Principles Related to the Commercial Production, Quality
and Standardization of Natural Products 57
7 Commerce and Production 59
8 Plant Growth Regulators 69
9 Plant Cell and Tissue Culture; Biochemical Conversions; Clonal
Propagation 76
10 Genetic Aspects 87
11 Deterioration 100
12 Quality Control 105

Pt. 4 Phytochemistry 117
13 Introduction and General Methods 119
14 Methods of Investigation in Biogenetic Studies 131
15 The Living Plant Cell 135
16 Basic Metabolic Pathways and the Origin of Secondary
Metabolites 139

Pt. 5 Pharmacopoeial and Related Drugs of Biological Origin 161
17 Pharmacological Activities 164
18 Hydrocarbons and Derivatives 172
19 Carbohydrates 191
20 Phenols and Phenolic Glycosides 218
21 Volatile Oils and Resins 255
22 Saponins, Cardioactive Drugs and other Steroids 293
23 Miscellaneous Isoprenoids 322
24 Cyanogenetic Glycosides, Glucosinolate Compounds and
Miscellaneous Glycosides 334
25 Alkaloids 340
26 Tumour Inhibitors from Plants 409
27 Plants with Antiprotozoal Activity 426
28 An Overview of Drugs having Antithepatotoxic and Oral
Hypogycaemic Activities 434
29 Vitamins and Hormones 441
30 Antibacterial and Antiviral Drugs 451
31 Colouring and Flavouring Agents 456
32 Miscellaneous Products 462

Pt. 6 Plants in Complementary and Traditional Systems of
Medicine 467
33 Herbal Medicine 471
34 Homoeopathic Medicine 480
35 Aromatherapy 485
36 Asian Medicine and its Practice in Britain 488
37 Chinese Herbs in the West 505
38 Plants in African Traditional Medicine - A Review 511

Pt. 7 Nonmedicinal Toxic Plants and Pesticides 521
39 Hallucinogenic, Allergenic, Teratogenic and Other Toxic
Plants 523
40 Pesticides of Natural Origin 534

Pt. 8 Morphological and Microscopical Examination of Drugs 539
41 Plant Description, Morphology and Anatomy 542
42 Cell Differentiation and Ergastic Cell Contents 554
43 Techniques in Microscopy 568
Index 579