Phrmacognosy and Phytochemistry

Preparation of herbarium specifications - Use of flora and keys of plant identification-
Microtomy and advanced histological techniques as applied to pharmacognostical
specimen. Chemotaxonomy of plants and distribution of certain chemotaxonomical
group of constituents in plant kingdom like alkaloids, glycosides and terpenoids.
 

Pharmacognosy- History, definition and scope of Pharmacognosy. Natural drugs and their classification, Chemical groups of natural drugs; introduction, structure and mode of action of alkaloids, terpenoids, volatile oils and glycosides, herb and drug interaction

Recent advances in the field of Pharmacognosy with special reference to anticancer -
Antidiabetic - Antiinflammatory - Hepatoprotective - Adaptogenic and
immunomodulating drugs of plant origin - Plant sweetners - Skin irritants and
sensitizing agents and Antioxidants.

General methods of phytochemical & biological screening - Natural sources - extraction
- Purification and isolation of Plant constituents - Alkaloids - Glycosides - Volatile oils
- Study of some herbal formulation as drug and cosmetics.

Analytical Pharmacognosy – Drug adulteration and detection. Identification of adulterants on the basis of microanatomical features.