Pharmacognosy and Pharmaco-biotechnology__Ashutosh Kar

The legendary success, appreciation, and reliability of the First Edition of Pharmacognosy and Pharmacobiotechnology since 2003 by its august readers has prompted and encouraged the author to bring out the Second Edition, which has undergone a thorough revision, modification, and expansion of the entire text content consisting of Fifteen Chapters. Bearing in mind the latest developments in the field of Pharmacognosy visvis the mode of teaching pattern with specific emphasis upon the ever-increasing advancements accomplished in the field of Phytochemistry as well as Pharmacobiotechnology, the exclusive contents of this compendium has been updated judiciously.

INDIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS

Indain Medicinal plants,it is an illustrated dictionary for the medicinal plants that are present in India.It describes about more than 2000 plants with its biological source,chemical constituents and uses. It also consists of more than 250 pictures of Crude Herbs.This book will be very useful for those who are interested in the subject of pharmacognosy.


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MODERN ALKALOIDS

Alkaloids constitute one of the widest classes of natural products, being synthesized


practically by all phyla of both marine and terrestrial organisms, at any evolutionary

level. The extraordinary variety (and often complexity) of alkaloid structures and

biological properties have long intrigued natural product chemists (for structure

determination and biosynthetic studies), analytical chemists, and synthetic organic

chemists. Toxicologists, pharmacologists and pharmaceutical companies have used

and will certainly continue to use alkaloids as biological tools and/or as lead

compounds for development of new drugs.

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Pharmacognosy Trease and Evans

'Trease and Evans' is an encyclopedic reference work on pharmacognosy - the study of those natural substances, principally plants, that find a use in medicine. Its popularity and longevity stem from the book's balance between classical (crude and powdered drugs' characterization and examination) and modern (phytochemisty and pharmacology) aspects of this branch of science, as well as the editor's recognition in recent years of the growing importance of complementary medicines, including herbal, homeopathic and aromatherapy


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PHARMACOGNOSY--SECONDARY METABOLITES

Plant secondary metabolites have been a fertile area of chemical investigation for many years, driving the development of both analytical chemistry and of new synthetic reactions and methodologies. The subject is multi-disciplinary with chemists, biochemists and plant scientists all contributing to our current understanding. In recent years there has been an upsurge in interest from other disciplines, related to the realisation that secondary metabolites are dietary components that may have a considerable impact on human health, and to the development of gene technology that permits modulation of the contents of desirable and undesirable components.
"Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet" addresses this wider interest by covering the main groups of natural products from a chemical and biosynthetic perspective with illustrations of how genetic engineering can be applied to manipulate levels of secondary metabolites of economic value as well as those of potential importance in diet and health. These descriptive chapters are augmented by chapters showing where these products are found in the diet, how they are metabolised and reviewing the evidence for their beneficial bioactivity.

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