Message From The HoD
Pharmacognosy is a precise discipline which deals with crude drugs of biological origin like Plants, animals and minerals.
Herbal drugs have been playing a major role in health care sector across the globe in combating various health problems. The major research activities involved in Pharmacognosy department includes extraction, phytochemical screening, isolation of active phyto constituents, characterization and biological studies of phytoconstituents using In vitro/In vivo methods, formulation of herbal cosmetics, novel herbal formulations and their standardization.
Pharmacognosy has undergone significant change in recent years and today represents a highly interdisciplinary science, which is one of the major pillars of Pharmaceutical education. Research in Pharmacognosy is important because it leads to new types of Therapeutic agents; new molecular probes that can be used to study molecular/cell biology; new pest controls to help protect crops; increased understanding of the pharmacological, ecological and biochemical roles of molecules produced by nature; information on herbal medicines; and new methods for the analysis of drugs, toxins and herbal preparations.
Pharmacognosy department is having the state of art of facilities with highly qualified faculty members in order to meet new age demands and support students for the challenging opportunities presents in the development of herbal medicines. Our main focus is to prepare the Pharmacognosists with global thinking and futuristic mindset that will contribute to nation building with faith in Pharmacy profession.
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