In teaching of pharmacognosy the ESCOP monographs provide excellent and concise pharmacological information for the preparation of courses in phytotherapy, for examinations on respective plants as well as in discussions of the feasibility of different pharmacological assays, their advantages and limitations.
Rollinger, Judith (Austria). Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna (Austria). Österreichische Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie