Advanced Pharmacology- II Detailed Syllabus for Pharmacognosy M.Pharm first year second sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.
The detailed syllabus for Advanced Pharmacology- II M.Pharm 2017-2018 (R17) first year second sem is as follows.
M.Pharm. I Year II Sem.
Course Objectives: To know and understand the Adulteration and Deterioration that occurs in herbal/natural drugs and methods of detection of the same.
Course Outcome: Helps the students to know about common bitters, laxatives and the analytical profiles of some herbal drugs and herbal cosmetics used in everyday life.
UNIT I: Adulteration and Deterioration: Introduction, Types of Adulteration/ Substitution of Herbal drugs, Causes and Measures of Adulteration, Sampling Procedures, Determination of Foreign Matter, DNA Finger printing techniques in identification of drugs of natural origin, detection of heavy metals, pesticide residues, phytotoxin, microbial contamination in herbs and their formulations.
UNIT II: Analytical Profiles of herbal drugs: Andrographis paniculata, Boswellia serata, Coleus forskholii, Curcuma longa, Embelica officinalis, Psoralea corylifolia.
UNIT III: Analytical Profiles of herbal drugs:Centella asiatica, Bacopa monnieri, Commiphora mukul, Glycyrrhiza glabra, Phylanthus amarus, Withania somnifera
UNIT IV:
- Vegetable bitters: Biological source, Chemical Nature and description of bitter principles, and of the following – Chirata, Quassia, Calumba, Calamus, Cusparia, Serpentaria
- Vegetable Laxatives: Biological source, Chemical Nature and description of purgation actions and therapeutics of the following: Senna, Cascara, Rubarb, Aloes, Isapgul, agar, castor oil
UNIT V: Herbal cosmetics: General method of preparation and evaluation of Herbal Cosmetics such as
- Skin care products b. Hair care preparations with examples and claims for the various herbal materials used in them.
- A brief account of following herbals or herb extracts or herbal products of cosmetic importance such as Acacia pods, Aloe Vera, Almond oil, Neem, Henna, Liquorice, Olive oil, Sandal wood, tea tree oil and wheat germ oil with special emphasis on their source, active principles and cosmetic properties.
RECOMMENDED/ REFERENCE BOOKS:
- Quality control of herbal drugs by P. K. Mukherjee
- Phytochemical methods of chemical analysis by Harbone
- Standardization of botanicals by V. Rajpal, Vol I &II
- Herbal Drug industry by Chowdary
- Herbal cosmetic technology by Pandeya
- Plant Drug Analysis by Wagner H and Bladt S.
- Text book of Pharmacognosy by C. K. Kokate, Purohit, Gokhlae (1996), Nirali Prakashan, New Delhi.
- Bioactive Natural products, Detection, Isolation, and Structural determination second edition by Steven M. Colegate and Russell J. Molyneux.
For all other M.Pharm 1st Year 2nd Sem syllabus go to JNTUH M.Pharm Pharmacognosy 1st Year 2nd Sem Course Structure for (R17) Batch.
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