Contents:
1) DEFINITION, HISTORY, PRESENT STATUS AND SCOPE OF PHARMACOGNOSY.
2) CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS ALPHABETICAL,
TAXONOMICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL. CHEMICAL AND CHEMO-TAXONOMICAL
3)QUALITY CONTROL OF CRUDE DRUGS DIFFERENT METHODS OF ADULTERATION OF CRUDE DRUGS AND EVALUATION OF CRUDE DRUGS
4) BRIEF OUTLINE OF OCCURRENCE, DISTRIBUTION, ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION
TESTS, THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY AND PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF ALKALOIDS, TERPENOIDS,
GLYCOSIDES, VOLATILE OILS,TANNINS AND RESINS
5)BIOLOGICAL SOURCE, CHEMICAL CONSTITUTES AND THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY
OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES OF CRUDE
DRUGS
6)PLANT FIBRES USED AS SURGICAL DRESSINGS: COTTON, SILK, WOOL AND
REGENERATED FIBRES SUTURES – SURGICAL CATGUT AND LIGATURES
7)BASIC PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN THE
ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM OF MEDICINE
8)ROLE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS IN NATIONAL ECONOMY AND THEIR EXPORT POTENTIAL
9)HERBS AS HEALTH FOOD: BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF: NUTRACEUTICALS,
ANTIOXIDANTS, PROBIOTICS, PREBIOTICS, DIETARY FIBERS, OMEGA-3-FATTY ACIDS, SPIRULINA, CAROTENOIDS, SOYA AND
GARLIC
10)INTRODUCTION TO HERBAL FORMULATION
11)HERBAL COSMETICS
12)PHYTOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF DRUGS