Medicinal plants are being used by mankind for the treatment of multiple ailments, since the beginning of human civilization. WHO estimated that above 80% of World population simply rely on Herbal Medicine. A series of modern drugs have origins from Medicinal plants. Safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness are the key points that attract both physician and patients towards herbal medicine. Scientists todays are paying key attention towards herbal medicine and looking for new therapeutic regimens and molecules for the treatment of cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and many other diseases.

The Department of Pharmacognosy, we train the undergraduate, M.Phil and PhDs students covering various techniques used in the Pharmacognosy and Natural Product Research. We not only involve the undergraduate students in practical lab (For instance Rotary evaporators, TLC, Paper chromatography, Column Chromatography, Chemical Identification tests etc) but also provide an excess to sophisticated instruments within University for instance UV, HPLC, GCMS, NMR etc to develop interest in Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Research.

At NPRL (Natural Products Research Lab), We aimed to evaluate ethanomedicinal claims associated traditional medicinal and look for some promising molecules. We are currently working on Several national (NRPU, DOST) and international (GA, Germany) research project covering various aspect of herbal medicine. The Lab has expertise in Isolation, charcaterization of natural products, essential oils, various biological activities including antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antiglycation and anti arthritic activities. We have excellent computational work station in natural products research too. In addition, NPRL has formulated new herbal formulations for the ailment of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Joint pain and acne, that makes our research more Applied.