Disciplines and Occupations

Pharmacognosy

The science of drugs prepared from natural-sources including preparations from PLANTS, animals, and other organisms as well as MINERALS and other substances included in MATERIA MEDICA. The therapeutic usage of plants is PHYTOTHERAPY.

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The science of drugs prepared from natural-sources including preparations from PLANTS, animals, and other organisms as well as MINERALS and other substances included in MATERIA MEDICA. The therapeutic usage of plants is PHYTOTHERAPY.

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1 entry terms
  • Pharmacognosies

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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specialty

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  1. H01w.158w.273w.118w.598w
  2. H01w.158w.703w.060w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pharmacognosy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010598. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010598
  2. Pharmacognosy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacognosy
  3. Pharmacognosy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319616