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BP502TSemester 53 creditsTheory

Industrial Pharmacognosy

Complete unit-wise syllabus for BP502T as per the PCI B.Pharm NEP 2020 curriculum (Semester 5 — QA + Innovation + Drug Delivery).

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Unit-wise Syllabus

5 Units
1
Commercial Production of Important Plant Drugs9 Hours
  • Commercial cultivation, harvesting, and post-harvest processing of opium, belladonna, ergot, cinchona, digitalis, rauwolfia
  • World production statistics and trade of major plant drugs; India's role in global herbal drug market
  • Industrial extraction, isolation, and purification of active constituents at commercial scale
2
Phytopharmaceuticals and Global Markets9 Hours
  • Definition and scope of phytopharmaceuticals; regulatory pathway for phytopharmaceuticals in India (CDSCO guidelines 2015)
  • Global herbal medicine market trends; traditional medicine integration into healthcare systems; WHO traditional medicine strategy
  • Major phytopharmaceutical products: silymarin, curcumin, boswellic acids, withaferin-A, berberine — standardisation and market products
3
Industrial Extraction and Isolation Techniques9 Hours
  • Supercritical fluid extraction (SFE): CO2 as solvent, parameters, applications for volatile oils and fixed oils
  • Countercurrent extraction; centrifugal partition chromatography; preparative HPLC; medium-pressure liquid chromatography
  • Characterization techniques for botanical extracts: HPTLC fingerprinting, LC-MS, GC-MS, NMR
4
Standardization and Validation of Herbal Products9 Hours
  • Standardization approaches: chemical marker-based, biological activity-based, genomic fingerprinting
  • Validation of analytical methods for herbal products: ICH Q2(R1) guidelines applied to herbal matrices
  • Stability testing of herbal products: challenges (complex matrices); ICH Q1A guidelines; packaging impact
5
Regulatory Requirements for Herbal Products9 Hours
  • Indian regulations: AYUSH manufacturing guidelines; NDPC; labelling and advertising regulations for herbal products
  • European Medicines Agency (EMA) guidelines for herbal medicinal products; European Pharmacopoeia herbal monographs
  • WHO guidelines on safety monitoring of herbal medicines; pharmacovigilance for traditional medicines; adverse event reporting

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