Department of Pharmacognosy

Vision

To be a leading department in training students in phytochemical isolation and investigation.

Mission

Provide high quality information to enhance herbal drug research.

Objectives

  • Develop knowledge and skills to produce quality medicines and cosmetics.
  • Update students with modern techniques for phytochemical isolation.
  • Encourage problem-solving and professional knowledge.

Course Outcomes

Theory

  • Understand crude drugs and their uses.
  • Learn evaluation techniques for herbal drugs.
  • Understand extraction and identification of phytoconstituents.
  • Understand herbal drug interactions.

Practical

  • Techniques for cultivation and production of crude drugs.
  • Evaluation of herbal drugs.
  • Microscopic and morphological analysis of crude drugs.
  • Extraction and identification of phytochemicals.