Winner of the James A. Duke Award for Excellence in Botanical Literature Award from the American Botanical CouncilCompiled by the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia, this volume addresses the lack of authoritative microscopic descriptions of those medicinal plant species currently in trade. It includes an atlas providing detailed text and graphic descri

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Information

Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2016

ISBN

9781420073287

Edition

Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Front cover
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Editors, Authors, and Associates
About the American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
AHP Botanical Microscopy Sponsors
About Microscopic Characterization of Botanical Medicines
Introduction
Section 1. Introduction to Botanical Microscopy
Chapter 1. Classical Botanical Pharmacognosy
Chapter 2. What’s in a Name? Nomenclature of Botanical Materials
Chapter 3. To Be or Not To Be? A Focus on Botanical Adulteration
Chapter 4. Microscopy for Identification of Botanical Raw Materials
Chapter 5. Setting Up a Microscopy Lab
Chapter 6. Major Plant Groups
Chapter 7. Structures of the Primary Plant Body and Basic Plant Anatomy
Chapter 8. Diagnostic Characteristics of Tissues
Chapter 9. Organization of Tissues in Medicinal Plant Parts
Chapter 10. Preparation of Samples for Microscopic Analysis
Section 2. Botanical Microscopy Atlas
Glossary of Botanical Microscopy Terminology
References and Bibliography
Back cover