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DV 2207
Ethnopharmacology and integrative
medicine
LECTURES 30 HRS
Learning out comes:
METHOD OF EVALUATION
1.CA
2.Written MCQ, structured, Essay
3.Practical
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
AND
PHYTOMEDICINE
Introduction
Ethnopharmacology - is the scientific study .
Relatively a new discipline.
The 1st time it was introduced in 1967
an international symposium
Traditional psychoactive drugs
Ethnopharmacology
Its
In 1981
Re defined,
The inter disciplinary scientific exploration
of biologically active agents traditionally
employed or observed by man.
botany,
chemistry and
pharmacology
(observation, identification,
description and experimental investigation);
However, other disciplines have also made vital contributions.
BASED ON THESE
CONSIDERATIONS,
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY IS
DEFINED AS
theinterdisciplinary scientific
exploration of biologically active
agents traditionally employed or
observed by man.
THE OBJECTIVES OF
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY ARE
to rescue and document important cultural heritage
before it is lost
to investigate and evaluate agents employed.
Hence,
Natural
Acceptance
Reserpine
Withanolide
Curcumin
Quinine
Cinchona officinalisL
Sennoside
Cassia angustifolia
Withania someniferaDunal
Curcuma longaL
Glycyrrhizin
Psoralen
Glycyrrhiza glabraL
Rote graveolensL
studies,
clinical trials,
various pharmacological
herbal therapeutics,
pharmacokinetics
herbal pharmacovigilance.
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