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 length and width of Phloem fibres of Cinchona & Cinnamon.
• 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
• 11. Determination of acid value, ester value, Saponification value and iodine lab of fixed oils mentioned in theory. RECOMMENDED BOOKS: (Latest Editions)
• 1. Practical Pharmacognosy: C.K. Kokate, Purohit, Gokhlae
• 2. Practical Pharmacognosy, T. E. Wallis, Pharmamed Press
• 3. Anatomy of Crude Drugs by M.A. Iyengar