JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

List of Experiments:

• 1. Analysis of crude drugs by chemical tests: (i)Tragaccanth (ii) Acacia (iii)Agar (iv) Gelatin (v) starch (vi) Honey (vii) Castor oil
• 2. Determination of stomatal number and index
• 3. Determination of vein islet number, vein islet termination and paliside ratio.
• 4. Determination of size of starch grains, calcium oxalate crystals by eye piece micrometer
• 5. Determination of Fiber length and width
• 6. Determination of number of starch grains by Lycopodium spore method
• 7. Determination of Ash value
• 8. Determination of Extractive values of crude drugs
• 9. Determination of moisture content of crude drugs
• 10. Determination of swelling index and foaming Recommended Books: (Latest Editions)
• 1. W.C.Evans, Trease and Evans Pharmacognosy, 16th edition, W.B. Sounders & Co., London, 2009.
• 2. Tyler, V.E., Brady, L.R. and Robbers, J.E., Pharmacognosy, 9th Edn., Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1988.
• 3. Text Book of Pharmacognosy by T.E. Wallis
• 4. Mohammad Ali. Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, CBS Publishers & Distribution, New Delhi.
• 5. Text book of Pharmacognosy by C.K. Kokate, Purohit, Gokhlae (2007), 37th Edition, Nirali Prakashan, New Delhi.
• 6. Herbal drug industry by R.D. Choudhary (1996), Ist Edn, Eastern Publisher, New Delhi.
• 7. Essentials of Pharmacognosy, Dr.SH.Ansari, IInd edition, Birla publications, New Delhi, 2007
• 8. Practical Pharmacognosy: C.K. Kokate, Purohit, Gokhlae
• 9. Anatomy of Crude Drugs by M.A. Iyengar