PHARMACOGNOSY

This course introduces the students to the basic vocabulary, concepts, and methodology associated with drugs of natural origin. The first part explores the fundamentals of pharmacognosy, plant taxonomy, and anatomy as well as quality and safety aspects of plant crude drugs as well as the registration aspects of traditional medicines. The second part explores the plant constituents, sourcing plant materials and plants associated with drugs of natural origin, namely carbohydrates, lipids, phenolics, terpenes, and alkaloids. For each herbal drug, the following topics are discussed: cultivation, collection, processing, biogenesis, structural variation, physical and chemical properties, extraction procedures, and example of
plants containing these drugs.