Chapter 24 Miscellaneous isoprenoids MONOTERPENES 333 SESQUITERPENES 338 DITERPENOIDS 341 SESTERTERPENES 344 TRITERPENOIDS 344 TETRATERPENES—CAROTENOIDS 345 POLYTERPENOIDS 346 In addition to the groups of compounds considered in Chapters 22 and…
Chapter 14 Phytochemical variation within a species CHEMICAL RACES, CHEMOTYPES, CHEMODEMES 106 CHANGES IN CHROMOSOME NUMBER 110 ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF MUTATIONS 112 HYBRIDIZATION 113 TRANSGENIC MEDICINAL PLANTS 115 As was…
Chapter 25 Cyanogenetic glycosides, glucosinolate compounds, cysteine derivatives and miscellaneous glycosides CYANOGENETIC GLYCOSIDES 347 GLUCOSINOLATE COMPOUNDS 349 CYSTEINE DERIVATIVES 350 GARLIC 351 MISCELLANEOUS GLYCOSIDES 351 In addition to the important…
Chapter 42 Cell differentiation and ergastic cell contents THE CELL WALL 551 PARENCHYMATOUS TISSUE 552 THE EPIDERMIS 552 EPIDERMAL TRICHOMES 553 THE ENDODERMIS 554 CORK TISSUE 554 COLLENCHYMA 555 SCLEREIDS…
Chapter 7 Synergy and other interactions in phytomedicines E.M. Williamson WHAT IS SYNERGY? 53 MEASURING SYNERGY 54 DEMONSTRATING SYNERGY AND POLYVALENT ACTION IN PHYTOMEDICINES 55 ENHANCEMENT OR REDUCTION OF ABSORPTION…
Chapter 43 Techniques in microscopy THE MICROSCOPE 563 PREPARATION OF DRUGS FOR MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION AND GENERAL USE OF REAGENTS 565 POWDERED DRUGS 567 QUANTITATIVE MICROSCOPY 568 The microscopical characters of…
Chapter 8 Traditional plant medicines as a source of new drugs P.J. Houghton DEFINITION 62 HISTORICAL DIMENSION 62 THE PROCESS OF MODERN DRUG DISCOVERY USING ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 69 SOME MODERN EXAMPLES…
Chapter 17 General methods associated with the phytochemical investigation of herbal products EXTRACTION OF PLANT MATERIAL 136 SEPARATION AND ISOLATION OF CONSTITUENTS 137 CHARACTERIZATION OF ISOLATED COMPOUNDS 144 BIOGENETIC INVESTIGATIONS…
Chapter 41 Plant description, morphology and anatomy LEAVES AND TOPS (′HERBS′) 541 BARKS 542 WOODS 543 LEAVES OR LEAFLETS 544 INFLORESCENCES AND FLOWERS 546 FRUITS 547 SEEDS 548 SUBTERRANEAN ORGANS…
