Study of following families with spatial reference to medicinally important plants; apocyanaceae, solanoceae,graminae,labiatae,cruciferae,papaveraceae,umbelifereae,leguminosae,rubiaceae and liliaceae.

UNIT-II 

Definition, history, scope and development of Pharmacognosy. Scheme for pharmacognostical study of crude drug. Sources of crude drugs and methods of their classification. Traditional and alternative systems of medicines.

Cultivation collection, drying, natural drying, artificial drying, processing and storage of crude drugs. Factors affecting cultivation of medicinal plants like climate, altitude, temperature, humidity, rainfall, soils, fertilizers and mannures.

UNIT-IV  

Pest control & natural pest control agents.Methods of pest control like mechanical,agricultural, biological chemical etc.

UNIT-V 

Quality Control of Crude Drugs: Different types of Adulteration and their evaluation using various methods like Organoleptic, Microscopic, Physical, Chemical, and Biological, Quantitative microscopy.

UNIT-VI

General methods of their isolation, classification, properties and systematic pharmacognostic study of –

• Carbohydrates, and drugs belonging to this class like; Agar, Gaur gum, Acacia, Ghatti gum Honey, Isapgol, Starch, Sterculia, Tragacanth, Bael, Pectin,

• Fixed oil, fats and waxes and drugs belonging to this class likes; Castor oil, Olive oil Linseed oil, Karanj Oil, Neem Oil, Beeswax, Cocoa butter, Hydnocarpus oil, Kokum butter, Cod-liver oil, Shark liver oil, Woolfat, Lard, Yellow bees wax, Carnauba wax

• Resins and resin combinations and drugs belonging to this class like; Podophyllum, Tolu & Peru balsam, Turmeric, Ginger, Ipomoea, Myroballan, Asafoetida, Benzoin, colophonoy. Capsicum, Canabis, Myrrh, Guggul, Kaladana,

• Tannins and drugs belonging to this class like Myrobalan, Bahera, Arjuna bark, Ashoka bark, Amla, black & Pale catechu.

• Fibres: Plant fibres, Animal fibre, Synthetic fibres, Minral fibre. Flax, Cotton, Silk, Wool.

• Pharmaceutical aids like; Talc, Kaolin, Bentonite, Gelatin, Klesalghur, Asbestose.

LIST OF PRACTICALS:

• Study of different types of microscopes, camara lucida.

• Morphological identification of following drugs Bael, Capsicum, Kaladana, catechu, guggul, honey.

• Morphological identification of following drugs Arjuna bark, ashoka bark. Amla. Ghatugum and Bahera

• Perform the morphological, microscopic and chemical evaluation “Ginger”.

• Perform morphological, microscopic and chemical evaluation of “Turmeric”.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of “Myroballan”.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of “Agar and Acacia”.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of “Tragacanth”.

• Perform morphological, microscopic and chemical evaluation of “Isapgol”.

• Perform morphological, microscopic and chemical evaluation of “Starches obtain from potato, rice, maize and wheat”.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of “Asafoetida”.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of “Castor oil, linseed oil, olive oil, cod-liver oil”.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of neem oil, coca butter and wool fat.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of lard, bees wax and carnauba.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of “Bees wax”.

• Perform morphological and chemical evaluation of “Benzoin”.

• Perform morphological, microscopic and chemical evaluation of “nylon, Silk and Cotton”.

• Perform morphological, microscopic and chemical evaluation of “Talc and Podophyllum”.

• Perform morphological, microscopic and chemical evaluation of “Peru and Tolu Balsam”.

• Identify the given mixture/sample of powder drugs by morphological microscopical and chemical evaluation.

BOOKS RECOMMENDED:

• Text Book of Pharmacognosy – C.S.Shah & J.S.Quadry

• Text Book of Pharmacognosy – T.E. Wallis

• Pharmacognosy – Trease & Evans

• Pharmacognosy – Brady & Taylor

• Text Book of Pharmacognosy – V.K. Kapoor & S.S.Handa

• Pharmacognosy – C.K.Kokate, A.P.Purohit, S.B.Gokhale.