.:: PHARMACOGNOSY DEPARTMENT ::.

INCLUDING MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

Faculties :

1. Mr. Tushar A. Gohil

2. Mr. Tejash H. Serasiya

3. Ms. Jignasha Gami(Part time)

Pharmacognosy is a bridge between pharmaceutical and basic sciences. It is a vital link between ayurvedic and allopathic systems of medicine. The department laid an emphasis on screening of possible therapeutic and medicinal values in large number of plants. The Department if well equipped with high high resolution electron microscopes to perform histological studies. It is also supported with a botanical garden having a wide variety of plants extending the scope to carry out research.

The Department of Pharmacognosy at RBPMPC is involved in teaching Pharmacognosy. Departmental research activities are in the area of screening of potential medicinal plants after making a through survey. The Department is also involved in the survey of medicinal plants of this region. Identification of plants and investigation of their parmacognostical, phytochemical, pharmacological activity and to establish a therapeutic rationale, as used in folklore practices and traditional medicines is our major objectives.

The revival of interest on Natural drugs, especially those derived from plants, started in the last decades. Plants, animals and the human beings have intimate biological relationship since remote past, to prove this relationship scientifically pharmacognosy and Phtochemistry departments are there in any collge. In 2004,  the college was established with B. Pharmacy course and department started to grow enough in 2004 with B. Pharmacy course and in future with M. Pharmacy course. Besides these, department itself in maintaining a good library containing number of books on herbal medicine and a herbal garden having facilities to grow different medicinal plants.

Department is trying to develop some standardization procedure of herbal drugs by collaboration with local industrial facilities.

Departmental research activities are now being guided to the approach as mentioned earlier to a particular area for screening of the potential medicinal plants after making a thorough survey and presently we are involved in the survey of medicinal plants of local region. We are trying our best to put efforts in identifying the plants and to investigate their pharmacognostical, phytochemical, pharmacological activity and to establish a therapeautic rationale, if any with their use in folkfore practices and traditional medicine.