TY - CHAP AU - Fatai Oladunni Balogun AU - Anofi Omotayo Tom Ashafa AU - Saheed Sabiu AU - Abdulwakeel Ayokun-nun Ajao AU - Chella Palanisamy Perumal AU - Mutiu Idowu Kazeem AU - Ahmed Adebowale Adedeji ED - Shagufta Perveen ED - Areej Al-Taweel Y1 - 2019-03-25 PY - 2019 T1 - Pharmacognosy: Importance and Drawbacks 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. 15 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.82396 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.82396 SN - 978-1-83880-611-8 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -