SOME TERMS PHARMACOGNOSY

Simplicia: is a natural substance that is used as a drug that has not undergone any processing, unless otherwise stated, the form of the material that has been dried.

Simplicia vegetable: is simplisia form of whole plants, parts of plants or plant exudates.

Exudates of plants: Are the contents of cells that spontaneously out of the plant or the contents of cells in a certain way removed from his cell, or other vegetable substances which in some way separated from the plant and not in the form of pure chemical substance.

Simplicia animal: is simplicia the form of intact animals, animal parts or useful substances produced by animals and not in the form of pure chemical substance.

Simplicia minerals: is simplicia the form of mineral (pelican) unprocessed or dioleh a simple way and not in the form of pure chemical substance.

Alkaloids: is an organic base that contains the element nitrogen (N) are generally derived from plants, which have strong physiological effects / hard on humans.

Glycosides: is a substance that by certain enzymes will break down into a kind of sugar, and one or more instead of sugars. Amigdalin example, by emulsin enzyme will break down into glucose + benzaldehyde + cyanide.

Enzymes: biokatalisator which is a compound or substance that serves accelerate biochemical reactions / metabolism in organisms.

Vitamin: is a substance that in small amounts so required by the human body to form the body's metabolism. The human body itself can not produce vitamin.

Hormones: is a substance secreted by the endocrine glands mampengaruhi physiology, body and influence of the shape of the body.

Pemerian: Is a description of the shape, smell, taste, color bulbs, so the necessary information on the observation of plant bulbs that form part of the plant (bark, leaves, roots, etc.)