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Herbal Medicine (GENERIC ELECTIVE)
Paper Code:
GBOT 301
Credits:
4
Contact Hours:
60.00
Max. Marks:
100.00
Objective:
Course Objectives:
1. To explore the unending possibilities in the field of modern therapeutics by means of
herbal preparations.
Course Outcomes (COs):
Course Outcomes Learning
and
teaching
strategies
Assessment
Strategies
On completion of this course, the students
will be able to:
CO1: Describe about utility of herbs as raw
materials for preparation of Herbal medicines.
CO2: Describe rules and regulations for
assessment of Herbal drugs, patenting of herbal
products and manufacturing of herbal
formulations.
CO3: Explain methods of preparations of Unani,
Sidha and Ayurveda medicines.
CO4: Describe present status of herbal drug
based industry.
CO5: Establish small scale industries of herbal
medicines for self-employment
12.00
History, Scope and Importance of Medicinal Plants. Indigenous Medicinal Sciences;
Definition and Scope-Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani. Conservation of endangered and
endemic medicinal plants. Definition: endemic and endangered medicinal plants
12.00
Pharmacognosy - systematic position m edicinal uses of the following herbs in curing
various ailments; Tulsi, Ginger, Fenugreek, Indian Goose berry and Giloy.
12.00
Phytochemistry - active principles and methods of their testing - identification and
utilization of the medicinal herbs; Catharanthus roseus (cardiotonic), Withania somnifera
(drugs acting on nervous system), Clerodendron phlomoides (anti-rheumatic) and
Centella asiatica (memory booster).
12.00
Analytical pharmacognosy: Drug adulteration - types, methods of drug evaluation -
Biological testing of herbal drugs - Phytochemical screening tests for secondary
metabolites (alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, triterpenoids, phenolic compounds)
12.00
Medicinal plant banks micro propagation of important species (Withania somnifera, neem
and tulsi- Herbal foods-future of pharmacognosy)
Essential Readings:
Glossary of Indian medicinal plants, R.N.Chopra, S.L.Nayar and I.C.Chopra, 1956.
C.S.I.R, New Delhi.
The indigenous drugs of India, Kanny, Lall, Dey and Raj Bahadur, 1984. International
Book Distributors.
Herbal plants and Drugs Agnes Arber, 1999. Mangal Deep Publications.
Ayurvedic drugs and their plant source. V.V. Sivarajan and Balachandran Indra 1994.
Oxford IBH publishing Co.
Ayurveda and Aromatherapy. Miller, Light and Miller, Bryan, 1998. Banarsidass, Delhi.
Principles of Ayurveda, Anne Green, 2000. Thomsons, London.
Pharmacognosy, Dr.C.K.Kokate et al. 1999. Nirali Prakashan.
Bose T.K. & Mukherjee, D., 1972, Gardening in India, Oxford & IBH Publishing Co.,
New Delhi.
Sandhu, M.K., 1989, Plant Propagation, Wile Eastern Ltd., Bangalore, Madras.
Kumar, N., 1997, Introduction to Horticulture, Rajalakshmi Publications, Nagercoil.
Edmond Musser & Andres, Fundamentals of Horticulture, McGraw Hill Book Co., New
Delhi.
Agrawal, P.K. 1993, Hand Book of Seed Technology, Dept. of Agriculture and
Cooperation, National Seed Corporation Ltd., New Delhi.
Janick Jules. 1979. Horticultural Science. (3rd Ed.), W.H. Freeman and Co., San
Francisco, USA.
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