(BT05453) PHYTOCHEMICALS AND HERBAL MEDICINE

Unit I: Crude Drugs
Crude Drugs – Scope & Importance, Classification (Taxonomical, Morphological Chemical,
Pharmacological); Cultivation, Collection & processing of Crude Drugs.
Unit II: Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Cultivation and Utilization of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants in India. Genetics as applied to
Medicinal herbs.
Unit III: Tissue Culture of medicinal Plants
Plant Tissue Culture as source of medicines, Plant Tissue Culture for enhancing secondary
metabolite production (Withania somnifera, Rauwolfia serpentina, Catheranthus roseus,
Andrographis paniculata, Dioscorea sp.); Anticancer drugs, Biogenesis of
Phytopharmaceuticals.
Unit IV: Analysis of Phytochemicals
Methods of Drug evaluation (Morphological, Microscopic, Physical & Chemical). Preliminary
screening, Assay of Drugs – Biological evaluation / assays, Microbiological methods
Unit V: Chemical Methods of Analysis and Detection of Adulterants: Chemical estimations,
Spectrophotometry & Fluorescene analysis. Drug adulteration – Types of adulterants.
Unit VI: Types of Phytochemicals_I
Carbohydrates & derived products; Glycosides - extraction methods (Digitalis, Aloe,
Dioscorea,); Tannins (Hydrolysable & Condensed types); Volatile Oils - extraction methods
(Clove, Mentha);
UNIT VII : Types of Phytochemicals_II
Alkaloids - extraction methods (Taxus, Papaver, Cinchona); Flavonoids- extraction methods,
Resins- extraction methods.
Unit VIII: Applications of Phytochemicals
Application of phytochemicals in industryand healthcare; Biocides, Biofungicides,
Biopesticides.
Text Books:
1. Pharmacognosy, C. K. Kokate, A. P. Purohit & S. B. Gokhale (1996), Nirali Prakashan,
4th Ed.
2. Natural Products in medicine: A Biosynthetic approach (1997), Wiley.
References
1. Hornok,L. (ed.) (1992). Cultivation & Processing of Medicinal Plants, Chichister, U. K:
J. Wiley & Sons.
2. Trease & Evans, Pharmacognosy – William Charles Evans, 14th ed. (1989), Harcourt
Brace & Company.