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What does the term 'pharmacognosy' mean?
The knowledge of drugs of natural origin
What does pharmacognosy study?
Physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drugs of natural origin
What are crude drugs?
Dried, unprepared material of plant, animal, or mineral origin used for medicine
How was 'pharmacognosy' originally used during the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century?
To define the branch of medicine dealing with drugs in their crude, or unprepared form
Who first used the term 'pharmacognosy'?
Johann Adam Schmidt
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What does the term 'pharmacognosy' mean? What does pharmacognosy study? What are crude drugs? How was 'pharmacognosy' originally used during the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century? Who first used the term 'pharmacognosy'?
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