Pharmacognosy defines as the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs form natural sources. In a restricted sense, the definition of Pharmacognosy implies a particular knowledge of methods of identification and evaluation of drugs. In a broad sense, Pharmacognosy embraces a knowledge of the history, distribution, cultivation, collection, selection, preparation, commerce, identification, evaluation, preservation and use of drugs and economic substances affecting the health of man and other animals. The book Laboratory manual of Pharmacognosy takes a deep look at the processes, practices and principles which lie behind Pharmacognosy, as well as the issues that le beneath the surface, including those of biodiversity loss, environmental degradation and depletion of natural resources resulting from the use of Pharmacognosy. The material of the book has been maintained easy to read, the better to foster comprehensive understanding of Pharmacognosy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rakesh Gupta
Rakesh Gupta is a professor with the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. New Delhi since the last twenty-three years. He was Head of the Centre for Political Studies 2000-02 and officiated as Dean, School of Social Sciences from time to time during this period. Prior to this he was with Motilal Nehru College, Delhi University for eleven years. He has been teaching courses on political philosophy, political theory, comparative politics and Indian politics. He specializes on strategic studies and foreign policy. He has co-authored and edited numerous books. Among them are books on Bihar Peasantry, Outer Space, Soviet Union, Civil-Military Relations during Gorbachev Period, Sub Sahara region, Pakistan, Indian Security and USA’s Strategic Defence Initiative. He has published Occasional papers on Russian Military Doctrine (Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi). He has written research papers on Socialist Societies, Foreign Policies of US, Russia, Pakistan, India, on arms control, disarmament and international relations and philosophy of Jean Franchois Lyotard in national and international academic journals. He has written about four hundred articles in dailies, weeklies, monthlies, tabloids and occasional periodicals on current issues of national and international politics.
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