Laboratory Manual Of Pharmacognosy

We are very pleased to put forth the revised edition of 'Laboratory Manual of Pharmacognosy'. We have incorporated all the suggestions, modified it to make it easier, student friendly and relevant in terms of achieving curriculum outcome. We are very much thankful to all the learned teachers who have given their feedback whole-heartedly. We have even incorporated the changes in this manual based on the feedback given by the teachers from all the institutes. Now, we believe that the manual has been fulfilling the aspirations of pharmacognosy teachers and students too. This manual is prepared as per PCI Education Regulations, 2020 for Diploma Course in Pharmacy. Each experiment is arranged sequentially such as aim, practical significance, relevant professional competencies, relevant course outcomes, competencies and skills, practical outcomes, relevant affective domain related outcomes, minimum theoretical background, requirements, contents, related questions and assessment scheme. This manual is a sincere effort to improve the practical skills of students so that every student will understand the objective of each experiment and perform their practical’s easily. Theory of each experiment is given in all twenty-eight experiments making the manual more interesting. The manual also focuses on the extra features in morphological characters of certain crude drugs that will be helpful in identifying various varieties of crude drugs. We acknowledge the help and co-operation extended by various persons in bringing out this manual. We are highly indebted to the authors of various books and articles mentioned in bibliography which became a major source of information for writing this manual. We also thank the publishers, designers and printers who graciously worked hard to publish this manual in time.