Pharmacognosy remains as a promising and ever blooming modern science with its multiple disciplines including ethnobiology, ethnomedicine, phytochemistry and phytomedicine. Natural products have been a continuous source of novel drug leads like salicin, quinine, artemisinin, vincristine, vinblastine, paclitaxel some of which still existing as irreplaceable current drug candidates. The Department of Pharmacognosy, SRM College of Pharmacy provide extensive theoretical as well as practical knowledge in extraction and isolation of various secondary metabolites, formulation and standardization of herbal cosmetics at its undergraduate level.
The students undergoing post-graduation are trained and skilled with every aspect of pharmacognostical and phytochemical research and were given a clear insight on herbal drug development, isolation, characterization of active constituents, bioprospecting, development of nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals of natural origin. The department also focus on quality assurance, regulatory policies over herbal trade, and challenges in monitoring the safety of herbal medicines.
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Teaching environment and quality are central to SRMIST’s capabilities profile. Our Professors are the reason for our continued ability to foster vibrant and value adding learning experiences for our students. The success of our students’ in terms of their learning and overall development enabled by our faculty members is an area of focus of Leadership at SRMIST. Many opportunities are provided to our faculty members to conduct research and engage with the industry in consultancy and other projects. This platform brings to our faculty members an opportunity to expand their knowledge contribution as well as bring those rich experiential inputs to the classrooms and labs therefore benefiting our students.
The department is well equipped with modern labs and sophisticated equipments and instruments including rotary vacuum evaporator, rotary shaker cum incubator, IR moisture balance, microtome, colorimeter, centrifuge, ball mill, hand mill, hot air oven, heating mantles, hot plate, muffle furnace, pH meter, refractometer, UV balance, thin layer chromatography apparatus with spreader and chamber, chromatographic columns, dissection and compound microscopes, camera lucida, incinerators, hot air oven, hot plate along with several other basic equipments in order to achieve and ensure quality research output.
