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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The field of pharmacognosy has well advanced in the past centuries. Natural products from the medicinal plant source are the main cast of modern drugs in clinical use.
The practical observations help to understand the subject more precisely and are supplement to the theoretical class room knowledge. The present Endeavour is an attempt to create a sense of understanding and interest towards medicinal plants/ herbal drugs in the students of pharmacy.
The practical presents exhaustively the morphological and microscopical features to identify important crude drugs, along with their uses. Evaluation of crude drugs by organoleptic and chemical tests and a brief description of therapeutically important crude drugs for examination purpose have been incorporated. An attempt has been made to make the practical aspects of pharmacognosy easier in simple and lucid language to make the subject more interesting for the students of pharmacy.
We hope that the students as well as fellow teachers would find this book useful. Suggestions for its further improvement will be appreciated.
Prachi Maheshwari, Dr. Vikas Jain, Dr. Sumeet Dwivedi
Prachi Maheshwari
Assistant Professor
Mahakal Institute of Pharmaceutical Studies,
Ujjain, (M.P.) – India
Dr. Vikas Jain
Principal
Mahakal Institute of Pharmaceutical Studies,
Ujjain, (M.P.) – India
Dr. Sumeet Dwivedi
Principal
University Institute of Pharmacy,
Oriental University, Indore, (M.P.) - India
