Introduction to Pharmacognosy
Unit I: Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy
(a) Definition, history, present status, scope and development of pharmacognosy. (b) Sources of drugs: Plants, animals, microbial, marine, mineral and plant tissue culture. (c) Historical milestones in drug discovery: Morphine, quinine, aspirin, warfarin, penicillin, cephalosporin, taxol and artemisinin. (d) Introduction to different herbal / traditional pharmacopoeias: Indian Pharmacopoeia, British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, United States Pharmacopeia – Herbal Medicines and Dietary Supplements, Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, Unani Pharmacopoeia of India and American Herbal Pharmacopoeia. (e) Official and non-official; codified and non-codified drugs. Classification of crude drugs: alphabetical, morphological, taxonomical, chemical, pharmacological and chemotaxonomic classification along with their merits and limitations.
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