Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories or Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Dementia Caregivers Share Their Stories: A Support Group in a Book

Author: Lynda A Markut

Filled with practical advice and innovative approaches to problem-solving, this book presents the powerful words of people who have had to care for a parent or spouse with dementia. The interviewees talk about the challenges faced during every step in the caregiving process, from recognizing early symptoms of dementia to dealing with its advanced stages.

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Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Author: Michael Heinrich

This resource covers the fundamentals of pharmacognosy and phytotherapy for students, practicing pharmacists, herbalists, and others with an interest in the medicinal uses of plants.
• Gives students an overview of all aspects of the field
• Provides a useful sourcebook for practicing pharmacists
• Combines therapeutic aspects with natural science and chemistry in one convenient resource
• Promotes the use of safe and well documented herbal remedies
• Further reading suggestions will lead students to more in-depth reference works

Table of Contents:

Pt. A	Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy
Sect. 1	Phytotherapy and pharmacognosy	3
1	Importance of plants in modern pharmacy and medicine	4
2	Pharmacognosy and its history: people, plants and natural products	8
Sect. 2	Basic plant biology	23
3	General principles of botany: morphology and systematics	24
4	Families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals	32
5	Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacy	48
Sect. 3	Natural product chemistry	59
6	Natural product chemistry	60
7	Methods in natural product chemistry	106
8	Anticancer natural products	129
Sect. 4	Plant extract derived pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals	143
9	Production, standardization and quality control	144
10	Characteristics of phytomedicines	160
Sect. 5	Medicinal plants in selected healthcare systems	169
11	Traditional systems of herbal medicine	170
12	Complementary/alternative medicine	184
Pt. B	Important Natural Products and Phytomedicines Used in Pharmacy and Medicine
13	The gastrointestinal and biliary system	199
14	The cardiovascular system	215
15	The respiratory system	222
16	The central nervous system	234
17	Infectious diseases	245
18	The endocrine system	253
19	The reproductive and urinary tracts	260
20	The musculoskeletal system	262
21	The skin	268
22	The eye	272
23	Ear, nose and orthopharynx	274
24	Miscellaneous supportive and protective therapies for stress, ageing, cancer and debility	277
	Epilogue - a personal view	284
	Botanical glossary	290
	Index	294