Syllabus
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Course Code: BP508P Course Name: Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry II – Practical |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Morphology, histology and powder characteristics & extraction & detection of: Cinchona, Cinnamon, Senna, Clove, Ephedra, Fennel and Coriander | |
| 2 | 2. Exercise involving isolation & detection of active principles a. Caffeine - from tea dust. b. Diosgenin from Dioscorea c. Atropine from Belladonna d. Sennosides from Senna |
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| 3 | 3. Separation of sugars by Paper chromatography | |
| 4 | 4. TLC of herbal extract | |
| 5 | 5. Distillation of volatile oils and detection of phytoconstitutents by TLC | |
| 6 | 6. Analysis of crude drugs by chemical tests: (i) Asafoetida (ii) Benzoin (iii) Colophony (iv) Aloes (v) Myrrh | |
