What's the difference between pharmacognosy and pharmacology?

Pharmacognosy


Definition:

  • (n.) Pharmacognosis.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Universities are reestablishing medicinal plant gardens and placing more emphasis on pharmacognosy.
  • (2) A. Schmidt between the term pharmacognosy and pharmacodynamics already before 1809.
  • (3) After 1922 R. Wasicky created the Institute of Pharmacognosy, which was the most modern of all the Austrian and German universities.
  • (4) The Division of Pharmacognosy of the Center for Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences is involved in developing biotechnological production methods that may help to avoid such problems.
  • (5) In 1890 he was appointed Professor of Pharmacy and Pharmacognosy at Bern and he was a good director of his institute.
  • (6) One recent advance in transgenic technology of potential value to pharmacognosy is an application of transgenic organ cultures such as hairy roots and shooty teratomas to over-production and biotransformation of secondary metabolites.
  • (7) This paper presents a general review of the distribution of calcium oxalate crystal in angiosperms and its application in microscopic pharmacognosy, along with a discussion on the stability it maintains in identification.
  • (8) Peter Houghton, a professor of pharmacognosy at King's College, has been studying the chemical constitution of qat for over four years.
  • (9) A brief review of the history of development of Chinese pharmacognosy and its application to gynecology and obstetrics is presented.

Pharmacology


Definition:

  • (n.) Knowledge of drugs or medicines; the art of preparing medicines.
  • (n.) A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Spectral analysis of spontaneous heart rate fluctuations, a powerful noninvasive tool for quantifying autonomic nervous system activity, was assessed in Xenopus Laevis, intact or spinalized, at different temperatures and by use of pharmacological tools.
  • (2) The effects of sessions, individual characteristics, group behavior, sedative medications, and pharmacological anticipation, on simple visual and auditory reaction time were evaluated with a randomized block design.
  • (3) In animal experiments pharmacological properties of the low molecular weight heparin derivative CY 216 were determined.
  • (4) This activation demonstrated in humans confirms the pharmacological results of the interferon induction obtained with SL04 in vivo in mice and in vitro in human cell cultures.
  • (5) Many features of CFTR activity suggest that pharmacological interventions may be possible.
  • (6) testosterone, fentanyl, nicotine) may ultimately be administered in this way, important questions pertaining to pharmacology (tolerance), toxicity (irritation, sensitisation) and dose sufficiency (penetration enhancement) remain.
  • (7) These observations indicate that lipoprotein Lp(a) concentrations can be altered pharmacologically and that the progression of cardiovascular disease may be altered through changes in lipoprotein (a) levels.
  • (8) Significant differences in the pharmacological characteristics of the alpha 2 adrenoceptor were observed between the tissues with reference to both absolute drug affinities as well as rank order of drug potency.
  • (9) Pharmacodynamic relationships are not well established for other therapeutic effects of theophylline, such as attenuation of pharmacologically induced bronchoconstriction.
  • (10) The primary focus of both nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapy should be to control systemic blood pressure in a simple, affordable, and nontoxic fashion that provides an adequate quality of life.
  • (11) Only an extensive knowledge of the various mechanisms and pharmacologic agents that can be used to prevent or treat these adverse reactions will allow the physician to approach the problem scientifically and come to a reasonable solution for the patient.
  • (12) The pharmacological effects characterize reproterol as a bronchospasmolytic with preferential impact on the adrenergic beta2-receptors.
  • (13) Baroreflex function was studied in conscious early phase (less than 6 weeks) two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats before and 24 hours after surgical reversal of hypertension by removal of the constricting renal artery clip or after pharmacological reduction of blood pressure by an infusion of hydralazine or captopril.
  • (14) The study confirms that secretin influences pancreatic protein secretion and indicates in addition, that pharmacologic doses of the hormone, have the capacity to block acinar cell zymogen granule release.
  • (15) Results of sleep sampling under electroencephalographic control of the assessment of GH secretion are comparable to conventional pharmacological studies in terms of efficiency, sensitivity, and percentage false-negatives.
  • (16) Behavioral variables, including interreinforcement interval and drug self-administration history, appear to be important determinants of whether or not reinforcement will be demonstrated, particularly among the benzodiazepines; but the range of conditions under which behavioral and pharmacological variables interact to promote or lessen the likelihood of self-administration of these drugs remains to be determined experimentally.
  • (17) Because there were no interactions of time and type of migraine in either study, these results raise some questions about the existence of differential effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatment of menstrual vs non-menstrual migraine.
  • (18) Some factors of resistance (such as side benefits) happen in reactive and neurotic depressions and are independent of the pharmacological action.
  • (19) The fractional rate constants for the accumulation or disappearance of the metabolites could be determined after pharmacological blockade of catabolic enzymes or the acid metabolite carrier.
  • (20) However, reliable discrimination between immunological and idiosyncratic pharmacological mechanism is difficult to obtain.

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