JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

List of Experiments

Study of theory, principle, procedure involved, and interpretation of given results for the following experiments:

• 1. Analgesic property of drug using analgesiometer.
• 2. Anti-inflammatory effect of drugs using rat-paw edema method.
• 3. Anticonvulsant activity of drugs using maximal electroshock and pentylenetetrazole methods.
• 4. Antidepressant activity of drugs using pole climbing apparatus and pentobarbitone induced sleeping time methods.
• 5. Locomotor activity evaluation of drugs using actophotometer and rotorod.
• 6. Cardiotonic activity of drugs using isolated frog heart and mammalian heart preparations.
• 7. Antidiabetic activity using rats / mice.n
• 8. Hepatoprotective activity
• 9. Anti ulcer activity
• 10. Antioxidant activity
• 11. Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines.
• 12. Functional observation battery tests (modified Irwin test)

REFERENCE BOOKS

• 1. Screening Methods in Pharmacology, Robert A. Turner.
• 2. Biological standardization by J. H. Burn D.J. Finney and I.G. Goodwin
• 3. Screening methods in Pharmacology by Robert Turner. A
• 4. Evaluation of drugs activities by Laurence and Bachrach
• 5. Methods in Pharmacology by Arnold Schwartz.
• 6. Fundamentals of experimental Pharmacology by M. N. Ghosh
• 7. Pharmacological experiment on intact preparations by Churchill Livingstone
• 8. Pharmacological screening methods and toxicology by A. Srinivasa Rao
• 9. Experimental Pharmacology by R. K. Goyal.
• 10. Preclinical evaluation of new drugs by S. K. Guta
• 11. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, S K. Kulkarni
• 12. Practical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, S K. Kulkarni, 3rd Edition. M.Pharm II Year I Sem (Pharmacology)