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Pharmacognosy is
an applied science which is concerned with
acquiring knowledge of crude drugs by the
application of various scientific
disciplines.
It deals with the scientific study of
structural, physical, chemical & sensory
characters of crude drugs obtained from
plant, animal & mineral source. It also
includes the study of their history,
distribution, cultivation, collection,
preparation, identification, evaluation,
preservation & commerce. Well-equipped
laboratory admeasuring around 130 sq. mtrs.
is totally designed according to the
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Department of
Pharmacognosy aims at improving the basic
concepts like identification &
authentication of plants of various
families. Various projects are assigned to
know the advances in Pharmacognosy &
Phytochemistry. The extraction of
phytoconstituent from the crude drug is
extensively studied.
At first year B.Pharm, The subject deals
with identification of crude drugs
morphologically and section cutting
techniques. At third year B.Pharm subject
deals with morphological and microscopical
identification along with quantitative
microscopy whereas at final year level
various extraction, isolation procedures and
chromatography techniques are carried out to
identify crude drugs The pharmacognosy lab
is displayed with around 25 charts, around
100 different Crude drugs, Dosage forms of
the Alternative Systems of Medicine and the
models of calcium oxalate crystals, prepared
by the students. The lab also has a
Permanent Notice Board to display the
medicinal plant of the month. The department
also maintains a properly landscaped
Medicinal Plant Garden admeasuring around
100 sq. mtrs. having medicinal plant species
of different families covered in and beyond
syllabus along with various ornamental plant
species. |
