Phytopharmacology is a term coined by the Russian scientist David Macht in the 1930s. Macht used the term to for the field of study of the effects of drugs on plants. The term has since changed its meaning to become an established field of drug research, where the active substances come from plants (a field Macht would have called zoopharmacology ...
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phytopharmacology 1. The applications of plant physiology to medical problems. 2. The study of major constituents (active ingredients) and medicinal values of plants; toxicity or hazardous components; essential oils; value-added products and possible uses; cultivation and harvesting; diseases and insects found in medicinal plants. 3. The study of...
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