About the Book:

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.
• The PCI syllabus frames the chapters and topics.

Contents:

1.    Metabolic Pathways in Higher Plants and their Determination

2.    General Introduction, Composition, Chemistry & Chemical Classes, Biosources, Therapeutic uses and Commercial Applications of Following Secondary Metabolites

3.    Isolation, Identification and Analysis of Phytoconstituents

4.    Industrial Production, Estimation and Utilization of Phytoconstituents

5.    Basics of Phytochemistry

About 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.

V. Alagarsamy is Professor and Principal of MNR College of Pharmacy Gr. Hyderabad. He has been teaching Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmaceutical Chemistry of Natural Products and performing research work in synthetic, medicinal chemistry on novel heterocyclic bio-active compounds for more than two decades. He is a recipient of a young scientist project from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. He is the author/co-author of over 200 papers, including the original research articles and presentations in various conferences and symposiums. He has one patent for his credit on the bioactive heterocyclic molecule. He is the co-editor of the international journal “Anti-infective Agents”, published by Bentham Science Publishers. His Books on the title of “Text Book of Medicinal Chemistry,” “Pharmaceutical Chemistry of Natural Products,” “Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry,” “Organic Chemistry - A Comprehensive Approach”, “Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry”, and “Practical Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry” are well appreciated in the academic community nationally and received international recognition too. His research activities are supported by the funding agencies like CSIR, DST and DSIR. Prof. Alagarsamy is a member of the All India Board of Pharmaceutical Education (AIB-PE), AICTE, New Delhi, andthe board of studies (Pharmacy) in Osmania University, Hyderabad and is a doctoral committee member and a recognised research guide for PhD scholars in various universities. Recently, Dr. Alagarsamy has been named among the top 2% of scientists in the world in Pharmacy by Stanford University, USA.