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From Herbs to Healing

Pharmacognosy - Phytochemistry - Phytotherapy - Biotechnology

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Editors:
  1. Éva Szöke

    1. Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

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  2. Ágnes Kéry

    1. Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

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  3. Éva Lemberkovics

    1. Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

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  • Combines the cultivation of medicinal plants and their processing into crude plant drugs

  • Up-to-date complex treatment of pharmacognosy, phytochemistry and phytotherapy

  • Includes biosynthesis, biogenetic realtionships and chemistry of bioactive plant substances

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. DEVELOPMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE ON ACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF NATURAL ORIGIN PHARMACOGNOSY IN THE 21ST CENTURY

    • Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics
    Pages 1-4

  3. QUALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HERBAL DRUGS; ANALYTICAL METHODS

    • Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics
    Pages 5-48

  4. BIOSYNTHESIS OF PLANT SUBSTANCES; BIOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS

    • Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics
    Pages 49-158

  5. DISCUSSION OF HERBAL DRUGS BASED ON THE BIOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF THEIR MAIN ACTIVE COMPONENTS

    • Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics
    Pages 159-409

  6. BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF COMPOUNDS OF PLANT ORIGIN

    • Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics
    Pages 411-511

  7. PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

    • Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics
    Pages 513-546

  8. APPENDIX

    • Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics
    Pages 547-559

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 561-570
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About this book

In the twenty-first century Pharmacognosy was transformed into a molecular science building on classic botanical and modern chemical knowledge, leading to a better understanding of the complex molecular effect - structure relationships and interactions required for the development of new drugs based on biologically active plant substances.The work demonstrates the place of phytotherapy in healing, the role of herbs in complementary and traditional therapy, and research strategies for the development of drugs of natural plant origin.
This book is primarily designed for scientific researchers, but is also very useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students in their professional training. As this book discusses herbs from all over the world, it is specifically drafted to be useful not only in Hungary and Europe, but also for people in other continents as an English language encyclopaedia of medicinal plants and their biologically active compounds.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics

About the editors

Dr. Éva Franciska Szőke, Professor emerita, teaches and conducts research in the Institute of Pharmacognosy of Semmelweis University, Budapest. She was director of the Institute from 1996–2009 and chairwoman of the Doctoral (PhD) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences from 2000–2014. In recognition of her many decades of scientific work she was rewarded a Gold Seal Ring by Semmelweis University in 2009. Scientific titles: Degree in biology and chemistry from Eötvös Loránd Univers-ity, Budapest (1968), University doctor’s degree in natural sciences (1973), Ph.D. in biological sciences (1978), Dr. pharm. habil. in the field of pharmacognosy (1993), D.Sc. in biology from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2000).
Dr. Szöke's work in education has led to improvements in both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, particularly the development of new curricula for pharmacognosy and pharmaceutical biotechnology, taking into consideration the European harmonisation. She has been an invited lecturer at many foreign universities (e.g. Alexandria, Heidelberg, Jena, Petersburg, Padua, Tanta).  Her research activities have focussed on optimising the formation of pharmacologically active compounds of natural origin by influencing gene functioning or via gene transformation. Special mention should be made of research grants financed by the European Union. Her results have appeared in 500 papers, conference proceedings and book chapters published by international publishers (e.g. Springer, Harwood). She has also edited eight scientific books. Éva Szöke is a member of the editorial boards of numerous international journals and of several scientific committees. Her achievements have also been recognised by the award of the Greguss and Augustin Memorial Medals, the title of Outstanding Ph.D. Tutor and the Master Teacher Gold Medal.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: From Herbs to Healing

  • Book Subtitle: Pharmacognosy - Phytochemistry - Phytotherapy - Biotechnology

  • Editors: Éva Szöke, Ágnes Kéry, Éva Lemberkovics

  • Translated by: Barbara Hooper

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17301-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17300-4Published: 18 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-17303-5Published: 19 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-17301-1Published: 17 January 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 570

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pharmacy, Biomedicine, general, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Plant Sciences, Biotechnology

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