UNIT I: CRUDE DRUGS
Crude Drugs – Scope & Importance, Classification (Taxonomical, Morphological Chemical, Pharmacological); Cultivation, Collection & processing of Crude Drugs.
UNIT II: MEDICINAL & AROMATIC PLANTS
Cultivation and Utilization of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants in India. Genetics as applied to Medicinal herbs.
UNIT III: TISSUE CULTURE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
Plant Tissue Culture as source of medicines, Plant Tissue Culture for enhancing secondary metabolite production (Withania somnifera, Rauwolfia serpentina, Catheranthus roseus, Andrographis paniculata, Dioscorea sp.); Anticancer drugs, Biogenesis of
Phytopharmaceuticals.
UNIT IV: ANALYSIS OF PHYTOCHEMICALS
Methods of Drug evaluation (Morphological, Microscopic, Physical & Chemical). Preliminary screening, Assay of Drugs – Biological evaluation / assays, Microbiological methods
Unit V: Chemical Methods of Analysis and Detection of Adulterants: Chemical estimations,
Spectrophotometry & Fluorescene analysis. Drug adulteration – Types of adulterants.
UNIT VI: TYPES OF PHYTOCHEMICALS_I
Carbohydrates & derived products; Glycosides - extraction methods (Digitalis, Aloe, Dioscorea,); Tannins (Hydrolysable & Condensed types); Volatile Oils - extraction methods
(Clove, Mentha);
UNIT VII : TYPES OF PHYTOCHEMICALS_II
Alkaloids - extraction methods (Taxus, Papaver, Cinchona); Flavonoids- extraction methods, Resins- extraction methods.
UNIT VIII: APPLICATIONS OF PHYTOCHEMICALS
Application of phytochemicals in industryand healthcare; Biocides, Biofungicides, Biopesticides.
Text Books:
1. Pharmacognosy, C. K. Kokate, A. P. Purohit & S. B. Gokhale (1996), Nirali Prakashan, 4th Ed.
2. Natural Products in medicine: A Biosynthetic approach (1997), Wiley.
References
1. Hornok,L. (ed.) (1992). Cultivation & Processing of Medicinal Plants, Chichister, U. K:
J. Wiley & Sons.
2. Trease & Evans, Pharmacognosy – William Charles Evans, 14th ed. (1989), Harcourt
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