TY - CHAP AU - Katarzyna B. Wróblewska AU - Danielle C.S. de Oliveira AU - Maria Tereza Grombone-Guaratini AU - Paulo Roberto H. Moreno ED - Shagufta Perveen ED - Areej Al-Taweel Y1 - 2018-11-05 PY - 2018 T1 - Medicinal Properties of Bamboos N2 - Pharmacognosy is a term derived from the Greek words for drug (pharmakon) and knowledge (gnosis). It is a field of study within Chemistry focused on natural products isolated from different sources and their biological activities. Research on natural products began more than a hundred years ago and has continued up to now with a plethora of research groups discovering new ideas and novel active constituents. This book compiles the latest research in the field and will be of interest to scientists, researchers, and students. BT - Pharmacognosy SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82005 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.82005 SN - 978-1-83880-611-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -