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Pharmacognosy

The department of Pharmacognosy is currently headed by Dr. Nikunjana A Patel. It has grown and spread its name and fame in the field under the auspice of eminent leaders Dr. G C Bhavsar, Dr. K Pundarikakshudu and Dr. Rakesh K Patel. The department and its highly qualified faculties are continuously working in research and development activities in areas of herbal formulation development, standardization and quality control, Phytopharmacology, and traditional pharmacognosy.

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Dr. Nikunjana A. Patel
Assistant Professor & Head of Department Ph.D., M. Pharm.
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Dr. Hardik P. Patel
Associate Professor Ph.D., M. Pharm
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Dr. Umang H. Gajjar
Assistant Professor Ph.D., M. Pharm
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The department has produced more than 50 M. Pharm and 18 Ph.D. scholars to date. The department has accomplished the number of industrial and government-funded research projects and consultancy. The department has published more than 100 research publications in reputed journals, filed 2 patents, and presented more than 100 research papers in national and international conferences so far. The department has received three times the best paper award in the field of pharmacognosy.

Research

Department of Pharmacognosy undertakes research and consultancy assignments in the area of Herbal Drugs and Formulations. The key area of research of the Pharmacognosy department is the development of quality control parameters for the herbals, the development and evaluation of novel drug delivery for the classical herbs and ayurvedic formulations, and phytopharmacological investigations of the herbal drugs. The major developments by the department are;

  1. Development of colon drug delivery system for the Vidangadi Churna and Triphala Churna.
  2. Development of Gastro retentive drug delivery for the Trikatu and Rasayana Churna.
  3. Development of Transdermal drug delivery for Curcuminoids and Psoralea.
  4. Development of Quality control profile for Chywanpras, Herbal Cough Syrup and other polyherbal formulations.
  5. Development and validation of Chromatographic Analytical Methods for the polyherbal formulations.
  6. Cytotoxic Assays and Pharmacological Evaluation of Herbals.

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