Pharmaceutical Commodity Science

Author: Wu Jialin
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Publish Date: 1998-01-01
Features: This book comprehensively introduces the basic principles, fundamental knowledge, and common practices of medicinal material commodity science, including the collection, identification, quality, and storage of medicinal materials. It is divided into two parts: General Principles and Specific Medicinal Materials. The General Principles section covers the concept of medicinal material commodity science, a brief history of medicinal materials, medicinal resources, collection and processing, identification, commercial quality, packaging, and storage. The Specific Medicinal Materials section categorizes and details 379 main medicinal materials, records 68 additional species, and lists 191 others, totaling 638 species. Detailed descriptions of each species include name, source, production and distribution, collection and processing, characteristics, identification, quality, composition, properties, storage, and notes. The notes primarily introduce regional substitutes, confusable species, or counterfeit materials related to the medicinal material. Medicinal materials with particularly unique characteristics or challenging identification processes are accompanied by illustrations.