Provides up-to-date information on different aspects of phytochemistry 

Includes a chapter on the concept and methods of molecular pharmacognosy 

Is supplemented by a second volume on the interdisciplinary field of pharmacognosy

Prof. Alamgir has been working as a Professor at the Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, for the last 30 years. He teaches plant physiology, biochemistry and pharmacognosy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.