TY - CHAP AU - Susana Oteng Mintah AU - Tonny Asafo-Agyei AU - Mary-Ann Archer AU - Peter Atta-Adjei Junior AU - Daniel Boamah AU - Doris Kumadoh AU - Alfred Appiah AU - Augustine Ocloo AU - Yaw Duah Boakye AU - Christian Agyare ED - Shagufta Perveen ED - Areej Al-Taweel Y1 - 2019-01-17 PY - 2019 T1 - Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Prevalent Diseases 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. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82049 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.82049 SN - 978-1-83880-611-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -