The term phytomedicine was coined by French physician Henri Leclerc in 1913.
Till recently phytomedicine has remained in the background. But due to emerging
challenges to the conventional pharmaceutical industry (cost effectiveness and
potency of the drugs), phytomedicine has made a dramatic comeback. Phytomedicine
has witnessed several changes and several new concepts have been introduced.
Phytomedicine, although, a separate discipline, is strongly linked to
Phytotherapy and Phytopharmacology.
As the title suggests the book is an attempt to bridge the gap between
fundamental and emerging concepts in this field of medicine. The book has been
divided into two parts.
Part A
deals with core issues of the phyto-pharmaceutical drug industry.