Department of Pharmacognosy
| Vision: |
| To develop into a centre of repute in herbal drug research |
| Mission: |
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To instill knowledge and skills in herbal drug discovery in pharma graduates
To develop graduates with competencies in development, quality assurance, regulation of herbal drugs
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Department of Pharmacognosy
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Name
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Qualification
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Designation
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Dr. Kalpana S. Patil
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M. Pharm. Ph.D.
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Principal
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| Mr. Sanjay B. Lohar |
M. Pharm.
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Associate Professor
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Ms. B. B. Patil
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M. Pharm.
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Assistant Professor
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| Ms. V. D. Jadhav |
M. Pharm.
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Assistant Professor
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Pharmacognosy is concerned with the study of crude drugs of vegetable and animal origin. The subject deals with biological, biochemical, therapeutic and economic features of natural drugs and their chemical constituents. It is interrelated with botany, ethnobotany, marine biology, microbiology.
Phytochemistry (Phyton- Plant) is the chemistry dealing with plants or plant products or natural products (chemistry of natural product).
These chemical constituents may be therapeutically active or inactive. The ones which are active are called active constituents or active principles (Alkaloids, Glycosides, Tannins, Volatile oil etc).
This lab is fully dedicated to UG, PG for the research, and provides expertise to students in the field of isolation and separation of chemicals from the plants.
Major equipments available in the department include Projector Microscope, Compound Microscopes, Soxhlet apparatus, Percolation apparatus etc.
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Sr. No.
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Name of Instrument
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Make and date of purchase
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Cost (INR)
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Purpose
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1.
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Water bath with thermostat 12 hole
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I-therm
29/12/2009
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8700.00
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To maintain specific temperature of sample
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2.
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Student microscope
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Indosati
05/03/2014
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6500.00
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To magnify image of minute object
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3.
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Projection microscope
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Gemco Labwel
25/03/2006
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2430.00
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To enlarge the image of specimen onto a screen
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4.
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Muffle furnace
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Quality instrument
29/12/2009
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2400.00
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To determine the purity and ash value of compound
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5.
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Soxhlet apparatus
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J-SIL
25/07/2024
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1821.00
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To extract phytoconstituents from plants
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Soxhet Apparatus
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Projected Microscope
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Compound Microscope
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