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pharmacognosy
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phar·ma·cog·no·sy  (färm-kgn-s)
n.
The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs or other plants.
[pharmaco- + Greek gnsis, knowledge; see gnosis.]
pharma·cogno·sist n.
pharma·cog·nostic (-kg-nstk) adj.
pharmacognosy [ˌfɑːməˈkɒgnəsɪ]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) the branch of pharmacology concerned with crude drugs of plant and animal origin
[from pharmaco- + gnosy, from Greek gnosis knowledge]
pharmacognosist  n
pharmacognostic  [ˌfɑːməkɒgˈnɒstɪk] adj
pharmacognosy, pharmacognosia, pharmacognosis, pharmacognostics
the branch of pharmacology that studies the composition, use, and history of drugs. — pharmacognosist, n. — pharmacognostic, adj.
See also: Drugs
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Areas of scientific interest: pharmacognostic study of medicinal plants, especially vicarious species; comparative chemical, pharmacological and botanic study of closely kindred species; development of plant-based preparations, standardisation of medicinal plant raw materials and phytopreparations.
Medicinal plants of the Russian Far East by Stepanova, T.A.; Stusenko, O.V. / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism
Besides the known root pieces, the pharmacognostic and microscopic investigations of the powder showed no striking cell components, apart from a high content of large calcium oxalate crystals, which could provide evidence of a typical genus or species characteristics of a particular plant family or species.
From the Zulu medicine to the European phytomedicine Umckaloabo[R] by Bladt, Sabine; Wagner, Hildebert / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
a research and development facility and supplier of proprietary, biologically active plant-derived ingredients to the natural products and pharmaceutical industries, has signed a plant collection agreement with the University of Panama's School of Pharmacy and Center for Pharmacognostic Research on Panamanian Flora (CIFLORPAN).
UNIGEN/UNIV. OF PANAMA SIGN PLANT COLLECTION PACT by Worldwide Biotech
 
 
 
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