La farmacognosia ha una lunga storia che risale ai tempi antichi. Già gli egizi, i greci e i romani utilizzavano sostanze naturali per curare le malattie e migliorare la salute. La farmacognosia moderna, tuttavia, è una disciplina relativamente recente, che ha iniziato a svilupparsi nel XIX secolo con la creazione delle prime cattedre di farmacognosia nelle università europee.

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Unlike crude drugs in the 19th century, modern applied pharmacognosy focuses on marker compounds .

The book dedicates significant space to how plants make chemicals:

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