Pharmacognosy is an interesting area of science. I have always been very interested in herbs and natural medicines. I feel we are losing a lot of important knowledge from our past about the medicinals found in nature. This branch of pharmacology explores the bioactive chemicals found in nature's wealth of organisms....both plant and animal. Organic synthesis is a very important tool, but nature has been at this game much longer than we have......and we have a lot to learn!!!!!
University of Mississippi's Department of Pharmacognosy
Located in the Pharmaceutical Science College in Oxford, Mississippi. Nice site.
Nice beginner site that explains some of the different types of alkaloids found in nature. There is also information on herbs here.....brought to you by Georges-Louis Friedli,PhD.
SW School of Botanical Medicine
Michael Moore's site has all kinds of excellent references as well as some good illustrations of medicinal herbs. Very useful site...it even has a great database of known plant constituents and other interesting information.
Another nice site full of useful information. All kinds of topics are covered here...including pharmacognosy! Tons of links!!!!
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