B.Pharmacy Introduction to Pharmacognosy
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Understand pharmacognosy through natural drugs, medicinal plant cultivation, drug evaluation, phytoconstituents, traditional systems of medicine, and the therapeutic applications of herbal drugs.
Build a strong foundation in pharmacognosy by studying the history, sources, classification and pharmacopoeias of natural drugs. Learn the cultivation, collection, processing, storage and quality control of medicinal plants, along with plant metabolites, traditional systems of medicine, phytotherapeutic agents and their therapeutic applications.
Topics Covered
- Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy
- Sources & Classification of Natural Drugs
- Historical Milestones in Drug Discovery
- Herbal & Traditional Pharmacopoeias
- Cultivation
- Collection
- Processing & Storage of Medicinal Plants
- Good Agricultural & Collection Practices
- Conservation of Medicinal Plants & Ecopharmacognosy
- Quality Control & Evaluation of Natural Drugs
- Organoleptic
- Microscopic
- Physical & Chemical Evaluation
- Physicochemical & Biological Evaluation
- Plant Metabolites
- Primary & Secondary Metabolites
- Traditional Systems of Medicine
- AYUSH & Traditional Medicine
- Phytotherapeutic Agents
- Adaptogens & Immunomodulators
- Hepatoprotective & Cardiovascular Drugs
- Antidiabetic
- Anti-inflammatory & Analgesic Drugs
- CNS
- Antimicrobial & Antiviral Drugs
- Antiprotozoal & Gastrointestinal Drugs
- Dermatological & Women's Health Drugs
- Respiratory Drugs
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