"Pharmacognosy: Medicinal Plants" ed. by Shagufta Perveen, Areej Al-Taweel

This book compiles the latest research in the field and will be of interest to scientists, researchers, and students.

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.


Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Pharmacognosy
2.Role of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Past, Present, and Future
3.Medicinal Plants of the Peruvian Amazon: Bioactive Phytochemicals, Mechanisms of Action, and Biosynthetic Pathways
4.Medicinal Plants Used as Galactagogues
5.Medicinal Plants Used by Indigenous Communities of Oaxaca, Mexico, to Treat Gastrointestinal Disorders
6.Anticancer Activity of Uncommon Medicinal Plants from the Republic of Suriname: Traditional Claims, Preclinical Findings, and Potential Clinical Applicability against Cancer
7.Therapeutic Use of Some Romanian Medicinal Plants
7.1.Corrigendum to: Therapeutic Use of Some Romanian Medicinal Plants
8.Medicinal Properties of Bamboos
9.Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Prevalent Diseases
10.Cytotoxic and Antitumoral Activities of Compounds Isolated from Cucurbitaceae Plants
11.Natural Polymers as Potential Antiaging Constituents
12.Pharmacology Evaluation of Bioactive Compounds that Regulate Cervical Cancer Cells
13.Pharmacognostic Study of a Plant Seed Extract
14.Natural Products in Drug Discovery
15.Pharmacognosy: Importance and Drawbacks