BP105T — Introduction to Pharmacognosy Notes

B.Pharm Semester 1. Choose a unit to read its topics and download notes. Syllabus: PCI B.Pharm 2026 · NEP 2020.

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• Unit I — Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy

  DEFINITION, HISTORY, PRESENT STATUS, SCOPE & DEVELOPMENT OF PHARMACOGNOSY · SOURCES OF DRUGS · HISTORICAL MILESTONES IN DRUG DISCOVERY

• Unit II — Cultivation, Collection, Processing and Storage of Drugs of Natural Origin

  METHODS OF PLANT CULTIVATION AND GOOD AGRICULTURAL & COLLECTION PRACTICES · FACTORS INFLUENCING CULTIVATION, COLLECTION AND STORAGE · PLANT HORMONES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CULTIVATION

• Unit III — Quality Control of Drugs of Natural Origin

  ADULTERATION OF DRUGS OF NATURAL ORIGIN · EVALUATION OF DRUGS — ORGANOLEPTIC, MICROSCOPIC, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL METHODS · PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS — THE NUMBERS THAT CERTIFY QUALITY

• Unit IV — Metabolites of Plant Origin and Traditional Systems of Medicine

  Plant Metabolites — Definitions, General Properties, Primary Metabolites · Secondary Metabolites I — Alkaloids and Glycosides · Secondary Metabolites II — Flavonoids, Tannins, Terpenoids, Volatile Oils and Resins

• Unit V — Phyto-therapeutic Agents

  ADAPTOGENS, IMMUNOMODULATORS AND HEPATOPROTECTIVES · CARDIOVASCULAR, ANTIDIABETIC, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND CNS DRUGS · ANTIMICROBIAL/ANTIVIRAL, GASTROINTESTINAL, DERMATOLOGICAL, WOMEN'S HEALTH AND RESPIRATORY DRUGS