Plant Science & Physiology

Medicinal Plants and Pharmacognosy

The field of pharmacognosy (from the Greek pharmacon for drug and gnosis for knowledge) is the study of the description, description and phytochemistry of natural medicines (generally medicinal shops or medications deduced from them). Pharmacognosy deals with the natural medicines attained from organisms similar as utmost shops, microbes, and creatures. Up to date, numerous important medicines including morphine, atropine, galanthamine, etc. have begun from natural sources which continue to be good model motes in medicine discovery.