M. Pharm – Pharmacognosy

Demonstrate comprehension of Good Agricultural Practices with reference to Medicinal Plant Cultivation and of Phytochemical finger printing, spectral structural elucidation techniques and essential modern pharmaceutical analytical techniques for quality control of natural products.

Be competent in methods of isolation, purification, phytochemical and pharmacological profile as well as pharmacovigilance of essential marine/phytopharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals

Understand the history of natural product drug development through biogenetic pathway radio tracing, extraction and phytochemical processing techniques upto significance of herbal drug clinical trials and the protocols for the same

List the essential infrastructural and regulatory requirements and protocols for establishing a herbal drug production unit and the concept of quality management systems with respect to herbals

Explain National and International Patent laws, Constitutional differences among various herbal drug pharmacopoeias, Export-Import Policy and Global marketing strategies applicable to herbal drugs

Show how comprehensive knowledge on various medicinal plant biotechnological techniques applicable to culture, elicitation and harvest of secondary metabolites

Be competent in the know how pertaining to Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology, toxicity of herbal remedies and their adulteration as well as methods of detection inclusive of development of analytical profiles and screening for bioactivity

Will have a fundamental grasp of the principles of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine along with familiarity of the practice of Aromatherapy, Naturopathy and Yoga

Show how techniques of herbal drug formulation development as per various systems of medicine.

Understand components and sections of the Drugs and Cosmetics act such as Schedule T that govern herbal drug manufacture and control, background of various national initiatives such as TKDL and Bills pertaining to herbal drug regulations in India