A Handbook on Practical Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Keywords:
Introduction to Microscope, Extraction Techniques, Eugenol from Clove, Piperine from Black Pepper, Trimyristin from Nutmeg, Azelaic Acid from Castor Oil, Curcumin from Turmeric, Sennosides from Senna Leaves, Hesperidin from Dried Orange Peels, Ammonium Glycyrrhizinate, Solanine from Potatoes, Naringin from Grape Fruit Peels, Quinine from Cinchona Bark, Caffeine from Tea Powder, Lactose from Milk, Volatile Oil by Steam Distillation, Aseptic Seed Germination, Tracer Technique, Leaf Constants, Morphology of Beeswax, Morphology of Olive OilSynopsis
People with open minded will always try to seek for the new things and information from many sources. It gives immense pleasure to place before a large community of pharmacy students, my humble work on A Handbook on Practical Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, written in accordance with the recent syllabus prescribed for the B.Pharmacy students. My aim in writing this book is to present the fundamental principles of A Handbook on Practical Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry for the pharmacy students on modern lines. Keeping in view the requirement of the students and the teachers, this book has been written to cover all the topics with the desired limits of the prescribed syllabus. I hope the book will be useful and meets the requirements of students and academicians. It is a matter of my duty and delight to bring out the book “A Handbook on Practical Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry“. The idea of writing this book was convinced when our own students found difficulty in getting a book suited to their academic needs.
I feel immense pleasure to introducing ‘A Handbook on Practical Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry’ to the students of pharmaceutical sciences. Primarily this book has been written for the D.Pharmacy, B.Pharmacy, M.Pharmacy and Pharm D students. The major thrust has been to make the book more students friendly. The practical contents of the book are vital in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. Experiments have been explained according to the syllabus. The importance of a laboratory course attached to a theory course is undisputable in science subjects. Every effort has been made to include these recent trends and knowledge in this book.
