Pharmacognosy


Pharmacognosy is the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources. The    American Society of Pharmacognosy defines Pharmacognosy as "the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources”. It is also defined as the study of crude drugs. Zoopharmacognosy is the process by which animals self-medicate, by selecting and using plants, soils, and insects to treat and prevent disease. Medical Ethnobotany is the study of the traditional use of plants for medicinal purposes.



For thousands of year’s Pharmacognosy and natural products have played a very important role in health care and prevention of diseases.  It is estimated that about 70% of the supply of herbal raw material for Ayurveda and other homeopathic medicines in India comes from the wild. The global market for botanical and plant-derived drugs was valued at $23.2 billion in 2013 and $24.4 billion in 2014. This total market is expected to reach $25.6 billion in 2015 and nearly $35.4 billion in 2020, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.6% from 2015 to 2020.



 


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