Pharmacognosy

About Pharmacognosy

This course will discuss the following aspects of drug substances derived from natural resources.

 1. Occurrence, distribution, isolation, identification tests of common phytoconstituents 

 2. Therapeutic activity and pharmaceutical applications of various natural drug substances and phytoconstituents

 3. Biological source, chemical constituents of selected crude drugs and their therapeutic efficacy in common diseases and ailments

 4. Basic concepts in quality control of crude drugs and various system of medicines

 5. Applications of herbs in health foods and cosmetics .