Faculty of Science: Value Added Elective Course Vasc-011 - Impact of Medicinal Plants On Society Unit - I

This document outlines the curriculum for a course on the impact of medicinal plants on society. The course is divided into 5 units that cover topics like the importance and cultivation of medicinal plants, traditional herbal remedies, classification and estimation of plant metabolites, antioxidants, and the post-harvest technology and industry of medicinal plants. The course also includes practical sessions for estimating compounds like carbohydrates, proteins, fatty acids, phenols, flavonoids, and antioxidants as well as preparing crude extracts and an herbarium. References are provided on cultivation, quality control methods, phytochemical analysis techniques, and free radicals in biology for further reading.

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Faculty of Science: Value Added Elective Course Vasc-011 - Impact of Medicinal Plants On Society Unit - I

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FACULTY OF SCIENCE

VALUE ADDED ELECTIVE COURSE

VASC- 011 - IMPACT OF MEDICINAL PLANTS ON SOCIETY
Unit – I:
Medicinal Plants – Importance and Scope. Cultivation of medicinal plants –
Processing and utilization. Chemical nature of crude drugs - Extraction,
Preparation and preservation of crude drugs.
Unit – II:
Traditional herbal teas. Herbs for woman, Babies and children. Concepts of
Herbal garden– Home, School Herbal gardens.
Unit – III:
Classification and Estimation of primary metabolites- Carbohydrates, fatty acids,
aminoacids and Proteins. Secondary Metabolites - Classification , General
characters, Chemical nature, Extraction and Estimation methods for Glycosides,
Tannins, Volatile oils, Resinous substances, Terpenoids – Phenolic compounds
and Alkaloids.
Unit – IV:
Antioxidants - Role of antioxidants - Estimation of antioxidants – Ascorbic acid,
α – Tocopherol.
Unit – V:
Post-harvest technology in medicinal plants: scope and importance. Importance of
herbal marketing -Future prospects and constraints of the herbal drug industry -
Regulatory status of herbal medicine in India.
Practicals:
Estimation of Carbohydrates
Estimation of Proteins
Estimation of fatty acids
Estimation of Phenols
Estimation of Flavionoids
Preparation of crude extracts
Herbarium preparation
Estimation of Ascorbic acid and α – Tocopherol.
References:
1. Faroogi, A.A. and B. S. Sreeramu, 2004. Cultivation of medicinal and aromatic
crops. Revised edition, Universities Press (India) Private Limited, Hyderabad.
2. WHO, 2002. Quality control methods for medicinal plant materials, World
Health Organization, Geneva, A.I.T.B.S., Publishers and Distributors, New
Delhi.
3. Harbone, J.B. 1998. Phytochemical Methods; A guide to modern techniques of
plant analysis. 3rdEdn., Springer (India) Private Limited , New Delhi.
4. Halliwall, B. and J.M.Gutteridge. 1985. Free radicals in Biology and medicine.
Oxford university press.