Definition of "pharmacognosy" []

• The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs or other plants. (noun)

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• "There are at least 7.5 credit hours in a total of two Botanical Medicine courses where my field of natural products (called pharmacognosy) is at least somewhat represented."
• "Dr Paul Long, senior lecturer in pharmacognosy at King's College London, who is one of the authors, said: 'We were surprised at the lack of evidence to support the current oral penicillins dosing recommendations for children, as it is such a commonly used drug."
• "As Purdue University pharmacognosy professor Varro Tyler warns, "A product like this can get contaminated and, combined with other fungi, produce toxic products.""