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Pharmacognosy- III [Natural Product Chemistry]

B. Pharmacy - 3
rd
Year

Unit I: [12]
1. General technique of biosynthetic studies and basic metabolic pathways. An introduction to
biogenesis of secondary metabolites of pharmaceutical importance.
2. Introduction, classification and study of different chromatographic methods and their applications in
evaluation of herbal drugs.
3. Standardization of Herbal drugs: Pharmacopoeial Standards, Type of extract, general flow of
activities in standardization, WHO guidelines on standardization, Markers and their role in herbal
drug technology, recent approaches in herbal standardization.
Unit II: [20]
1. Alkaloids: Introduction, definition, occurrence, properties, classification, chemistry and general
methods of determining structure, systematic pharmcognostic study of following crude drugs
containing Alkaloids.
Indole
Tropane
Purines
Quinoline
Isoquinoline
Pyridine/ Piperidine
Imidazole
Quinazoline
Amino alkaloids
Steroidal
2. Natural allergens and photosensitizing agents.
Unit III: [10]
1. Terpenoids and volatile Oils: Introduction, occurrence, general properties, classification, chemistry,
uses, methods of extraction, general biogenetic pathway, pharmacological activity of medicinally
important monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes and triterpenoids.
2. Chemistry and pharmacological activity of medicinally important monoterpenes (Citral,
Linalool, -Terpineol, Menthol, -Pinene and Camphor), Sesquiterpenoids (Farnesol, Zinziberene),
Diterpenoids (Phytol), Triterpenoids (Squalene).
Unit IV: [8]
1. Amino acids Peptides proteins: Classification, source, essential and non-essential amino acids.
Synthesis, physical and chemical properties, configuration of amino acids, geometry of peptide
linkage, peptide synthesis. Structure determination of polypeptides and group analysis. Basic idea
regarding primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of protein.
2. Chemistry and therapeutic activity of penicillin, streptomycin and tetracyclines.
3. Chemistry of Nucleic acid: Preliminary studies along with synthesis of purine and pyrimidine bases.

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