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Herbal Constituents vs Pharmacology

By biggslb in 16 Nov 2020 | 16:49
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As I'm reading some materia medica for my own study I see these terms used separately but I realize that I don't really understand the difference. I was reading Lisa Ganora's book titled "Herbal Constituents: Foundations in Phytochemistry." That title suggests to me that the terms are essentially, or at least almost, interchangeable. In other books they are discussed separately. For example: leaf constituents of nettle include indoles and flavonol glycosides, pharmacology includes flavonoids, minerals, vitamins, etc. It all looks similar to me, can you enlighten me? Thanks so much. Lindy
16 Nov 2020 | 16:49
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David Winston

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I am sorry I am not sure what you asking me. Which terms are used interchangeably ? Are you asking about Phytochemistry and Pharmacology ? Phytochemistry is the study of the chemistry of plants, Pharmacology is totally different it is the uses, effects and modes of actions of plants, drugs or phytochemicals. So this statement : includes flavonoids, minerals, vitamins, is totally incorrect, Pharmacology is the effects of the plant or individual substances, not the groups of chemicals.
17 Nov 2020 | 15:08
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That helps a lot, but one follow-up. Are phytochemistry and constituents used interchangeably; when someone talks about constituents are they always talking about the phytochemistry? I know these sound like kinda dumb questions, but chemistry is all new to me and I'm reading a lot to catch up on it. Thanks!
17 Nov 2020 | 15:54
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Yes, the phytochemicals are the plants constituents and the plants constituents are phytochemicals
2 Dec 2020 | 19:21
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