Role of natural products in drug discovery and prospects of discovering new drugs from higher plants
Bioassay techniques for drug development
In-vitro techniques
In-vivo techniques
Approaches to bioactivity guided natural product drug development
anti-microbial assays
Cytotoxic assays
Anti-malarial assays
Anti-inflammatory assay
Introduction to high throughput screening (HTS)
Quality Control of Herbal Drugs
Effects of enzyme action in crude drugs
Adulteration of crude drugs
Effect of faulty collection
Improper preparation for market
Improper storage conditions
Deliberate adulteration
Quantitative microscopy in quality control Monographs of crude drugs and pharmaceutical aids
Determination of important parameters in a monograph Assay of active constituents in crude drugs
Standardization of crude drugs and pharmaceutical aids Quality assurance procedures
Plant Toxicology
An overview of plant toxicants study of treatment and prevention of plants toxicities
simple phytotoxins
Toxicity of pyrozolidine and indozolidine alkaloids plant teratogens plant irritant
Plant induced cardiac and pulmonary diseases
Microbial and Marine Natural Products
Definition
Present status
Classification of important bioactive agents from microbial and marine sources General methods of isolation and purification
Study of Marine toxins
Microbial and marine biomedicals falling under the class of Cardiovascular
Anticancer
Antimicrobial
Anti-inflammatory
Antibiotic drugs
