Main description:

The Diploma Pharmacy Lab Manual Pharmacognosy serves as a complete guide to the subject, as well as a manual for recording experiments. The book is comprised of four chapters supported by 31 experiments. It provides clean and self-explanatory diagrams in transverse section and morphology section. The manual allows students and faculty to record their observations and results as well as to draw diagrams.

Contents:

General Introduction
1. To study structure and working of a simple dissecting microscope and compound microscope
2. To study about various kinds of microscopic preparations and the steps involved in microscopy
Morphological Identification of Drugs
3. To perform general chemical tests for identification of Starch and Carbohydrates
4. To perform chemical tests for Tragacanth and Acacia
5. To perform general chemical tests for Protein/amino acid and Gelatin
6. To perform chemical tests for Guar gum and Agar
7. To perform general chemical tests for Castor oil and Lipids/fats/fixed oil
8. To perform chemical tests for Tannins and Catechu
9. To perform chemical test for Resins, Asafoetida and Benzoin
10. To perform general chemical tests for Alkaloids
11. To perform chemical tests for anthraquinone, saponin, steroidal and triterpenoidal glycosides
Anatomical Studies (Transverse Section)
12. To prepare and study T.S. of Fennel fruit
13. To prepare and study T.S. of Coriander fruit
14. To prepare and study T.S. of Clove
15. To prepare and study T.S. of Cinnamon bark
16. To prepare and study T.S. of Cinchona bark
17. To prepare and study T.S. of Senna leaf
18. To prepare and study T.S. of Datura leaf
19. To prepare and study T.S. of Ipecac root
20. To prepare and study T.S. of Nuxvomica seed
21. To prepare and study T.S. of Ginger
Morphological Identification of Drugs
22. To study the morphology of Ispagula (seed and husk)
23. To study the morphology of Senna leaf
24. To study the morphology of fruits of Coriander and Fennel
25. To study the morphology of Cardamom and black pepper
26. To study the morphology of fruits of Bada-gokharu and Chota-gokharu
27. To study the morphology of roots of Ginger and Rauwolfia
28. To study the morphology of Nutmeg seed and Clove flowering bud
29. To study the morphology of Ephedra and Punarnava
30. To study the morphology of Cinnamon and Cinchona bark
Identification of Fibers
31. To perform chemical and microscopical examination of fibers used in surgical dressings
Index.