Objectives:
► To familiarize students with all parts of plant drugs which contain the bioactive materials. It deals with their botanical origin, macro & microscopic characters, bioactive constituents, medicinal uses and industrial production of these drugs for pharmaceutical uses.
►Phytochemical analysis of bioactive constituents includes chemical tests chromagraphic separation, and Instrumental Analysis.
Lab Facilities:
Facilities for
► Organoleptic, microscopical & macroscopical analysis of entire and powdered forms of drugs.
► Extraction, separation, Isolation, Identification & purification of bioactive constituents.
► Standardization of ayurvedic formulations.
Equipments:
Various types of microscopes, (simple, compound, projection, Illumination) microtome, camera Lucida, soxhlet apparatus, Clavenger apparatus, muffle furnace, TLC set, column chromatography, paper chromatography IR pan for moisture, determination.