• Names of Phytochemical Composition (English-Chinese Edition): A 56,700-Entry Reference for Plant Chemistry
  • Names of Phytochemical Composition (English-Chinese Edition): A 56,700-Entry Reference for Plant Chemistry
  • Names of Phytochemical Composition (English-Chinese Edition): A 56,700-Entry Reference for Plant Chemistry
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Names of Phytochemical Composition (English-Chinese Edition): A 56,700-Entry Reference for Plant Chemistry

Names of Phytochemical Composition (English-Chinese Edition): A 56,700-Entry Reference for Plant Chemistry

Over 56,000 Phytochemical Names in English and Chinese — Including About 3,000 Terms with No Prior Chinese Name, Standardized by Tracing Each Compound Back to Its Source Plant
This is not a textbook for learning plant chemistry, and it is not a glossary of common terms. It is a large-scale reference work—over 56,000 entries—that gives English and Chinese names for phytochemical compounds, along with selected terms from organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, and inorganic chemistry. What makes it unusual is that about 3,000 of its English entries had no existing Chinese name. The editors worked backward from each compound’s English name and the botanical name of the plant it was first isolated from, then created a standardized Chinese name based on the plant’s Chinese name and the chemical family’s naming convention. They also cleaned up cases where the same Chinese name pointed to different English terms, or vice versa, so the correspondence between name and compound is now systematic. If you work with phytochemicals in Chinese and English—rather than need an introductory text or a casual glossary—this is the reference you keep within reach.
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What problem does this book solve?

In phytochemistry, traditional Chinese medicine research, and natural product development, the terminology gap between Chinese and English literature is real. The same compound can have different names across sources — and some English phytochemical names have never had a standardized Chinese equivalent at all. Looking up references, writing papers, or preparing regulatory filings often means wasting hours cross-checking a single compound's name.

This book fills that gap.

Why should you trust it?

Published by Science Press, one of China's most authoritative scientific publishers, and edited by three experts: Zhao Weiliang, Xie Tian, and Chen Bilian-11. The book contains approximately 56,700 bilingual entries, primarily covering phytochemical constituents, while also including names from organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry (including animal chemical constituents), inorganic chemistry, and chemical reference standards-11.

What is the most valuable part?

About 3,000 English terms in this book had never been translated into Chinese before. The editors systematically analyzed each compound's English name, traced the original literature, identified the Latin botanical name of the plant from which it was first extracted, and derived a standardized Chinese name based on the Latin name's meaning and the nomenclature rules of that chemical class-11. This is not simple "translation" — it is academically sourced naming.

The editors also systematically resolved cases where the same Chinese name maps to different English names (or vice versa), establishing a scientifically rigorous correspondence between Chinese and English names and chemical constituents-13.

Who is this for?

  • Graduate students and researchers in TCM, natural product chemistry, and pharmacognosy

  • Industry R&D professionals working with plant extracts and natural products

  • Pharmacists and scientists preparing bilingual papers or regulatory documents

  • Libraries and laboratories in need of a standard reference work

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