What is Pharmacognosy and why is it important in today’s healthcare industry?
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Pharmacognosy is the study of drug sources- most often plant, then microbes, minerals. It is the identification, extraction, and analysis of bioactive compounds with medicinal significance.
With the increased interest in herbal, organic, and alternative medicine, Pharmacognosy is becoming important again, both as traditional knowledge keeps finding ground in pharmaceutical Science and drugs& or treatments which are safer are being derived from plants to develop treatments and supplements.
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