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The purpose of this chapter is to present the basic concepts related to pharmacobotany, focusing on particularities of aromatic plants. In addition to this, a succinct overview of the morphology and anatomy, essential in multidisciplinary knowledge, is provided in this chapter. Additionally, a brief description of the main families of aromatic plants is presented, and relevant references are cited where readers can find keys for identification of the main genres for each botanical family and geographical distribution and quality control of botanical drugs, including diagnostic structures for different organs and classical histochemical methods for localizing of essential oils.
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I.J.L.D., B., Diniz Araujo, N., Silva, R. (2015). Pharmacobotanical Aspects of Aromatic Plants. In: de Sousa, D. (eds) Bioactive Essential Oils and Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19144-7_3
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