(Ebook) From Herbs to Healing: Pharmacognosy - Phytochemistry - Phytotherapy - Biotechnology by Éva Szöke (Editor), Ágnes Kéry (Co-Editor), Éva Lemberkovics (Co-Editor) ISBN 9783031173004, 3031173007

(Ebook) From Herbs to Healing: Pharmacognosy - Phytochemistry - Phytotherapy - Biotechnology by Éva Szöke (Editor), Ágnes Kéry (Co-Editor), Éva Lemberkovics (Co-Editor) ISBN 9783031173004, 3031173007

Herbal drugs and medicines are becoming ever morepopular in Europe, as in the rest of the world, and theirsignificance in prevention and therapy is also increasing. This isreflected by a considerable rise in the number of herbal drugs,essential oils, fatty oils and products manufactured using simpletechnologies (e.g. tinctures, extracts) that are now included inpharmacopoeias. As a consequence, much wider knowledge isrequired with respect to their direct use, to their processing intoherbal or traditional drugs, and to their safety. The instrumentaltechniques now officially prescribed in pharmacopoeias (GC,GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS, etc.) and new scientific results allmake it necessary to expand and review much of our presentknowledge. Keeping in view the demands of the 21st centuryand the need for integration, the professional knowledge ofpharmacists and medical researchers must conform with theguidelines laid down in the Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP)recommended by the International Pharmaceutical Federation(FIP).It is not only designed for use by professionals inthe fields of pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, phytotherapy,biotechnology, medicine and pharmacy, but also for thosemembers of the public who are increasingly interested inobtaining information which will enable them to enhance theirhealth and well-being.