American Herbal Pharmacopoeia Botanical Pharmacognosy - Microscopic Characterization of Botanical Medicines

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 descriptions of more than 140 medicinal plant species and their adulterants. Designed to meet the needs of the herbal products industry, regulatory agencies, and academic researchers, the book covers plant anatomy at a level appropriate for the pharmacognostic analysis of plant tissues, provides extensive coverage of the history and importance of botanical microscopy, and gives instruction on how to set up a microscopy lab and prepare, view, and archive whole and powdered plant parts for microscopic analysis. The botanicals covered represent 90 percent of the dollar value of botanical sales in the United States. The focus is on those species that are in high use, and those that are commonly adulterated. It also covers a number of popular Asian botanicals, providing the first English language description for many of these.

Introduction to Botanical MicroscopyPharmacognosy: From Dioscorides to Modern Herbal MedicinesWhat’s in a Name? Nomenclature of Botanical MaterialsTo Be or Not To Be? A Focus on Botanical AdulterationMicroscopy for Identification of Botanical Raw Materials: Uses and LimitationsSetting Up a Microscopy LabMajor Plant GroupsStructures of the Primary Plant Body and Basic Plant AnatomyDiagnostic Characteristics of TissuesOrganization of Tissues in Medicinal Plant PartsPreparation of Samples for Microscopic AnalysisBotanical Microscopy AtlasAchillea millefolium L.Aconitum carmichaeli Debx., Aconitum kusnezoffi ReicherActaea racemosa L. syn. Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) NuttAesculus hippocastanum L.Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz Aletris farinosa L.Allium sativum L.Angelica archangelica L.Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) DielsArctium lappa L.Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) SprengAristolochia fangchi Y. C. Wu ex L. D. Chou & S. M. HwangAristolochia manshuriensis KomArnica montana L.Astragalus mongholicus Bunge syn. A. membranaceus Bunge, A. membranaceus Bunge var. mongholicus(Bunge) P. K. HsiaoAtractylodes macrocephala KoidzAtropa belladonna L.Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell syn. Bacopa monnieria (L.) WettsteinBupleurum sppCaulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx Centella asiatica (L.) UrbCephaelis ipecacuanha (Brot.)Rich. and Cephaelis acuminata KarstenChamaelirium luteum (L.) A. GrayChamaemelum nobile (L.) AllChimaphila umbellata (L.) W.P.C. BartonCinchona succirubra Pav. ex Klotzsch (syn. C. pubescens Vahl)Clematis armandii FranchClematis chinensis RetzCodonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf., Codonopsis tangshen OlivCola nitida (Vent.) A. ChevCoptis chinensis Franch., Coptis deltoidea C. Y. Cheng et Hsiao, Coptis teeta WallCrataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC Hawthorn FruitCrataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC Hawthorn Leaf and FlowerCrataegus monogyna Jacq. Hawthorn FruitCrataegus monogyna Jacq. Hawthorn Leaf and FlowerCurcuma longa L.Datura stramonium L.Digitalis lanata EhrhDigitalis purpurea L.Echinacea angustifolia DCEchinacea atrorubens NuttEchinacea pallida (Nutt.) NuttEchinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Aerial PartsEchinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Root and RhizomeEchinacea purpurea (L.) Moench SeedEleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) MaximEphedra sinica Stapf, Ephedra equisetina Bunge, E. intermediaEpimedium sppEquisetum arvense L.Eupatorium fistulosum Barratt syn. E. purpureum L.Eupatorium perfoliatum L.Frangula alnus Mill. syn. Rhamnus frangulaL.Frangula purshiana (DC.) J. G. Cooper syn. Rhamnus purshianaDCGanoderma lucidum P. KarstGinkgo biloba L.Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. ex DC., Glycyrrhiza inflata Batalin Glycyrrhiza Glabra L.Grifola frondosa (Dicks: Fr.) S.F. GrayHamamelis virginiana L.Hedysarum polybotris Hand.-MazzHumulus lupulus L.Hydrastis canadensis L. LeafHydrastis canadensis L. Rhizome and RootHypericum perforatum L.Illicium anisatum L.Illicium verum J. D. HookLarrea tridentata (Sessé & Moç. ex DC.) Coville Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Singer syn. Lentinus edodes (Berk) SingerLevisticum officinale W. KochLigusticum porteri J. M. Coult.& RoseLigustrum lucidum W. T. AitonLycium chinense Mill.,L. barbarum L.Mahonia nervosa (Pursh.) NuttMatricaria recutita L.Melissa officinalis L.Mentha × piperitaL.Mentha pulegium L.Mitchella repens L.Oplopanax horridus (Sm.) MiqPanax ginsengC. A. Mey. Root (unprocessed)Panax ginsengC. A. Mey. Root (processed)Panax pseudo ginseng (Burkill) F. H. Chen ex C. Chow & W. G. HuangPanax quinquefolius L.Parthenium integrifolium L.Passiflora incarnata L.Paullinia cupana KunthPausinystalia johimbe (K. Schum.) Pierre ex BeillePeriploca sepium BungePetasites frigidus (L.) FrigsPhyllanthus emblica LPiper methysticum G.ForstPlantago lanceolata L.Plantago major L.Polygonum multiflorum ThunbPrunus africanum (Hook f.) Kalkman (syn. Pygeum africanum Hook. f.)Prunus serotina EhrhRauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth . ex KurzRheum spp. (Rheum officinale Baillon, Rheum palmatum L., Rheum tanguticum Maxim. ex Balf.)Rhodiola rosea L.Rumex crispus L.Salvia miltiorrhiza BungeSaussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch. Root syn. Aucklandia costus Falc.; Aucklandia lappa Decne.; Saussurea lappa Decne. C. B. ClarkeSchisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill Schisandra sphenanthera Rehder & E. H. WilsonScutellaria baicalensis GeorgiScutellaria lateriflora L.Senna alexandrina Mill. (syn. Cassia senna, C. angustifolia, C. acutifolia)Senna alexandrina MillSerenoa repens (W. Bartram) SmallSerratula sppSilybum marianum (L.) Gaertn Stephania tetrandra S. MooreStevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) BertoniSymphytum officinale L. LeafSymphytum officinale L. RootTanacetum parthenium (L.) Sch.BipTaraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg. LeafTaraxacum officinale Weber ex F. H. Wigg. RootTerminalia bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb Terminalia chebula RetzTeucrium chamaedrys L.Trifolium pratense L.Tussilago farfara L.Ulmus rubra MuhlUncaria tomentosa (Willd.) DCUrtica dioica L. Aerial PartsUrtica dioica L. Rhizome and RootUrtica urens L.Vaccinium macrocarpon AitonVaccinium myrtillus L.Valeriana officinalis L.Viburnum opulus L.Viburnum prunifolium L.Vitex agnus-castus L.Withania somnifera L. DunalZingiber officinale RoscoeGlossary of Botanical Microscopy TerminologyReferences and BibliographyIndex

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