Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry – II

Is a much-awaited text on the subject, meant for B.Pharm students. It aims at eliminating the inadequacies in teaching and learning of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry - II by providing required information on relevant topics.Salient features of book:Simple and uniform pattern of explanation for all topics.Explained metabolic pathways in simplified manner.The inclusion of actual images of crude drugs to identify and remember.Various chemical structures were added to explain the chemistry in brief.Isolation methods are explained stepwise and in a simplified manner.The inclusion of flow diagrams for analytical techniques for easy understanding.Phytochemical analysis explained with modern concepts of Pharmacognosy.Contents:1.    Metabolic Pathways in Higher Plants and their Determination2.    General Introduction, Composition, Chemistry & Chemical Classes, Biosources, Therapeutic uses and Commercial Applications of Following Secondary Metabolites3.    Isolation, Identification and Analysis of Phytoconstituents4.    Industrial Production, Estimation and Utilization of Phytoconstituents5.    Basics of PhytochemistryAbout the Authors:Vishakha S. Kulkarni is working as Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, MNR College of Pharmacy, Sangareddy, Gr. Hyderabad. She is a recipient of a Gold medal for her work at PG level. She has completed her PhD from North Maharashtra University in 2014. She has 15 years of teaching and research experience in pharmacognosy and traditional medicine. Her extended area of interest is Quality Control and standardisation of conventional medicines, ethnobotany, phytopharmacy and phytopharmacology of herbal medicines.  She received grants from Mumbai University under Minor Research Project. She is a recipient of the Best Teacher Award, and she has been appointed as Medical Scientist for COVID 19 RAKSHA kit project by the Dept. of AYUSH (GOT). She has published research papers in National and International journals and presented scientific papers in several conferences.  Read more