Pharmacognosists are professionals who devote their time and efforts to the study of how products from natural molecules can be used to make medicines, food and other agricultural and consumer products. It is a career focused in the field of pharmacognosy, the area of study that gets its meaning from the Greek word “pharmakon” which is translated as “drugs” and “gnosis” which means “knowledge.” Now, the field is not focused merely on the general study of drugs but on how compounds from natural species can be used for medicinal, environmental and food purposes.
