VPT-612    ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY    (2+0)

OBJECTIVE

To impart the knowledge and importance of traditional Indian medicine.

THEORY

UNIT I

Historical aspects: Traditional Indian remedies and regional folklore in disease cure.

UNIT II

Classification, identification and chemical constituents of medicinal plants.Extraction,  distillation, evaporation and other processes used in purification and preparation of active constituents from medicinal plants.

UNIT III

Standardization and clinical validation of bioactive molecules from vegetable sources. Therapeutic and adverse effects of potential herbal drugs. Indigenous drugs used as carminatives, antiseptics, antimicrobials, analgesics, and anti-inflammatory agents.

UNIT IV

Alternate systems of medicine in animals.

 

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