About Department
Prof. Amrata D. Suryawanshi
Head of Department
Department of Pharmacognosy is engaged in the study of the drugs from natural products i.e., Plant, Animals, Marine and other life origins. Research areas include extraction, isolation, characterization and biological studies of phytoconstituents using animal models. Moreover, in the modern era, the study is related to but not limited to the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of crude drugs and derived products, including the discovery of new drugs from natural sources. The students acquire the skill to identify and differentiate between crude drugs and adulteration.
Medicinal Plant Garden: -
The institute has developed a medicinal plant garden in the institutional campus. The medicinal plant garden has around 500 species of the medicinal plants.
Salient Features of Department
- Medicinal Plant Garden.
- Herbal Drug Museum.
- State-of-the-art lab facilities.
- Facility for Extraction of crude drugs.
- Facility for Evaluation of Crude drug as per WHO guidelines.
- Histological study of crude drugs related facilities.
- Highly qualified and experienced faculty.
The following subjects are catered in this laboratory
- Pharmacognosy
- Herbal Drug Technology