General Methods of extraction
Isolation and purification of phytoconstituents
Isolation
Identification tests and estimation methods of phytoconstituents with special emphasis on HPLC
HPTLC and other advanced techniques
Structure Elucidation of Natural Products
Application of spectroscopic and chemical techniques to the elucidation of the structure of natural products
Structural elucidation of important phytoconstituents belonging to different groups
a)Alkaloids- Nicotine
Atropine
Morphine
Caffeine
b) Glycosides- Amygdalin
Strophanthidin
c) Steroids- Cholesterol
d) Carotenoids- Vitamin A
Lycopine and Beta-carotene
e) Terpinoids-Camphor
Eugenol
Taxol
Pyrithrine
f) Flavonoids:-Rutin
Quercetin
Advanced treatment of major spectroscopic techniques for the characterization of organic and drug molecules by Ultraviolet and IR spectroscopy
Optical rotatory dispersion
One dimensional and two dimensional Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Circular dichroism
Mass spectrometry
