Natural Products and Medicinal Plants Research

Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

Pharmacognosy is the study of medicinal drugs assume from plants or other natural sources. The American Society of Pharmacognosy determine pharmacognosy as "the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological equity of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural element as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources".

Phytochemistry is the investigation of phytochemicals, which are chemicals bring from plants. Those considering phytochemistry endeavour to portray the structures of the vast number of auxiliary metabolic mixes found in plants, the elements of these mixes in human and plant science, and the biosynthesis of these mixes. Plants combine phytochemicals for some reasons, including securing ourselves against bug assaults and plant sicknesses. Phytochemicals in livelihood plants are regularly dynamic in human science, and much of the time has medical advantages.