pharmacognosy

The branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs in their crude or natural state and with medicinal herbs or other plants.

Same as pharmacognostics.

Pharmacognosis.

The study of the distribution of, methods for finding, and properties of medically useful agents in natural sources, especially plants.

The branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are extracted from natural sources, including drugs derived from plants and herbs used for medicinal purposes.

The branch of pharmacology dealing with recognizing the natural substances that have medicinal uses.