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Indian Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

By Dr. Sharada L Deore   |   Govt. College of Pharmacy, Amravati. Maharashtra
Learners enrolled: 1565
This course strategy will prove to be effective in creating awareness for benefits of Indian traditional medicinal and aromatic plants, increasing conservation and employment as well as entrepreneurial opportunities. Various Indian traditional medicinal plants are in demand in global market, yet many farmers/tribals/learners hardly know about: how to cultivate and harvest or where to find market? This course intervention is focused on reclaiming sustainability in Indian traditional medicinal and aromatic plants through educating learners with scientific knowhows, guidelines, quality policies, processing and developing a viable value addition and sustainable product.

 Objectives:
  • To aware learners (student, faculty, professional) about the rich Indian traditional knowledge of medicinal and aromatic plants, their protection, regulations, quality control and market.
  • To clear myths and propose scientific evidences of traditional medicinal and aromatic plants benefits.
  • To aware learners about cultivation, conservation, value addition and socioeconomic development through the knowledge of Indian Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic plants
  • To aware learners (especially urban) to identify few important Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic plants
  • To aware learners about Entrepreneurship and Start-up opportunities based on market for Indian Traditional Medicinal and Aromatic plants

 Eligibility:
 Anyone who is having interest in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants can enroll this course. Student, professionals, faculty from pharmacy, alternative medicines, life sciences, biotechnology, agriculture, natural chemistry and food technology.
Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Elective
Duration : Self Paced
Exam Registration Ends : 20 Mar 2024
Category :
  • Multidisciplinary
Level : Continuing Education

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Course layout

Week 1 Indian Traditional Medicine Systems
  • Lecture-1 Introduction to Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Homeopathy & Sowa-Rigpa Systems and Traditional Formulations
  • Lecture-2 Important Medicinal Plants mentioned in ancient texts
  • Lecture-3 Important Medicinal Plants mentioned in ancient texts
  • Lecture-4 Important Aromatic Plants mentioned in ancient texts
  • Lecture-5 Workshop-I Ayurvedic formulations processing (Asava, Aristha, Bhasma, Vati)

 Week 2 Raw Material-Cultivation, Collection and Processing
  • Lecture-6 Good Cultivation and Collection Practices guidelines-WHO, NMPB-AYUSH, Voluntary Certification Scheme for Medicinal Plant Produce, Conservation of rare and endangered traditional plants,
  • Lecture-7Subsidies from Indian Government, Buyback Agreement and Contract farming with AYUSH and other Companies
  • Lecture -8 Workshop-II Cultivation/Agrotechniques of Few Medicinal Plants
  • Lecture-9 Workshop-III Cultivation/Agrotechniques of Few Medicinal Plants
  • Lecture -10 Workshop-IV Cultivation/Agrotechniques of Few Aromatic Plants

Week 3 Product Development-Value addition and Entrepreneurship, startup opportunities
  • Lecture-11 Medicinal Plant Extracts
  • Lecture-12 Aromatic Plant Essential oils
  • Lecture- 13 Value added products: AYUSH Products, food, nutraceuticals, cosmetics and agrochemicals, Entrepreneurship and start up opportunities in Plants (Licensing and manufacturing)
  • Lecture 14 Case study-I Value added products of Giloy
  • Lecture-15- Case Study-II:Value added products of Neem, Aloe

 Week 4 Quality control, Standards and Regulations of traditional Plant Drugs
  • Lecture-16 WHO and ICH Guidelines
  • Lecture-17 AYUSH, CDSCO and FSSAI Guidelines
  • Lecture-18 Case Study-III: Quality Control of Traditional Formulations
  • Lecture 19 Case Study IV: Comparative evaluation of Pharmacopoeial standards – Licorice
  • Lecture 20 Case Study V: Comparative evaluation of Pharmacopoeial standards- Ashwagandha

 Week 5 Safety, Efficacy and Toxicity of traditional Plant Drugs
  • Lecture-21 Preclinical evaluation -In vitro, In vivo, Ex vivo Evaluation
  • Lecture-22 Clinical evaluation Guidelines, Pharmacovigilance
  • Lecture-23 Case study-VI Clinical trials registration
  • Lecture-24 Case Study-VII: Indian Medicinal and aromatic plants, derived formulations for Arthritis
  • Lecture-25 Case Study-VIII: Indian Medicinal and aromatic plants, derived formulations for Diabetes

 Week 6 IPR and Protection of Traditional Plant drugs Knowledge
  • Lecture-26 IPR and Traditional Knowledge, Indian Government Initiatives:TKDL and TKCL
  • Lecture-27 Geographical Indications Act 2003, Biological Diversity Act 2002 and Rules 2004
  • Lecture-28 Plant Varieties Protection and Farmer's Rights Act, 2001 (PPVFR Act), Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, Protection of traditional knowledge bill, 2016
  • Lecture-29 Case Study IX-Kani Tribes
  • Lecture 30- Demonstration Patent, Geographical indication and Trademark registration

Week 7 Market Analysis and Success Stories
  • Lecture-31 Import and Export of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, derived products, HSN Code
  • Lecture-32 Success stories of drug discovery based on traditional knowledge
  • Lecture 33 Institutes involved in Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research
  • Lecture 34 Industries involved in Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Products
  • Lecture 35 Workshop-V Medicinal and aromatic plant’s -Buyers and sellers platform “E-Charak”

Week 8 Field Visits
  • Lecture-36 Field Demonstration of few Medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation sites
  • Lecture-37 Field Demonstration of Medicinal and aromatic plant Nursery
  • Lecture-38 Virtual Visit to Ayurvedic rasshala or Companies manufacturing traditional medicines
  • Lecture 39 Tutorial-1
  • Lecture 40 Tutorial-2

Books and references

  • Deore SL, Khadabadi SS, BaviskarBA.Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry-A Comprehensive Approach. PharmMed Press, Hyderabad. 2nd Edition, 2018.
  • H. Panda. Medicinal Plants Cultivation & Their Uses. Asia Pacific Business Press. 2002
  • H. Panda.The Complete Technology Book on Herbal Beauty Products with Formulations and Processes. NIIR Project Consultancy Services. 2005
  • H. Panda. Perfumes and Flavours Technology Handbook. NIIR Project Consultancy Services. 2010
  • H.Panda. Herbal Cosmetics Handbook. Asia Pacific Business press, Inc, New Delhi.2015
  • Hand Book of Ayurvedic Medicines with Formulations (a Complete Hand Book of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicines). Engineers India Research Institute [EIRI]2006
  • Khadabadi SS, Deore SL, Baviskar BA. Experimental Phytopharmacognosy.Nirali Prakashan, Pune. 1st Edition, 2019.
  • Pulok K. Mukherjee. Quality Control and Evaluation of Herbal Drugs-Evaluating Natural Products and Traditional Medicine. Elsevier Science. 2019
  • Pulok K. Mukherjee. Quality Control of Herbal Drugs-An Approach to Evaluation of Botanicals. Business Horizons. 2002
  • WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants By World Health Organization, WHO · 2003
  • WHO. Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (GCP) for Trials on Pharmaceutical Products. World Health Organization, WHO Technical Series, No. 850, 1995, Annex 3.
  • WHO. Guidelines for the Assessment of Herbal Medicines. World Health Organization, 1991
  • WHO. Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives: Evaluation of Certain Food Additives - WHO Technical Report Series, No. 952 - 69th Report. World Health Organization. 2009.
  • WHO. WHO Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations - WHO Technical Report Series, No. 885 – 35th Report. 1999
  • WIPO Website-https://www.wipo.int/portal/en/index.html  World Health Organization Research Office for the Western Pacific. Research Guidelines for Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Herbal Medicines. 1993.
  • World Health Organization. Quality Control Methods for Medicinal Plant Materials. 1998
  • Indian patent office website-http://www.ipindia.nic.in/index.htm  Indian Pharmacopeia 2018, Ghaziabad: Indian Pharmacopeia Commission; 2018.

Instructor bio

Dr. Sharada L Deore

Govt. College of Pharmacy, Amravati. Maharashtra

Dr. Sharada L Deore has completed her B. Pharm from A. R.A. College of Pharmacy, Dhule, Maharashtra. She is Gold Medalist in B.Pharm from North Maharashtra University in 2004. She has qualified GATE in 2004 with 90 %.  She has completed M.Pharm from Govt. College of Pharmacy, Amravati in 2006. She has awarded Ph.D in Pharmaceutical sciences by SGB Amravati University in May 2011. She has isolated and elucidated two new saponins from Safed Musali in her Ph.D work. She has completed PG Diploma in Patent’s Law from Nalasar University, Hyderabad in 2016.

She has authored seven books-“Plant biosynthesis” and “Experimental Phytopharmacognsoy” by Nirali Prakashan, Pune; “Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry” and “Pharmacognosy Companion Handbook” by PharmMed Press, Hyderabad. She has also published fourth, fifth and sixth semester books for Pharmacognosy syllabus of B.Pharm Course. Recently she has published chapter- “Hairy Roots and Plant Secondary Metabolites Production- An Update” in book Biotechnological Approaches to Enhance Plant Secondary Metabolites by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis group. Her books were included in Pharmacy syllabus of many universities from Kerala, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.

She has filed 05 Indian patents in herbal drug technology. One Indian Patent of Nutraceutical Immunity Booster is granted to her in 2022.

She has organized 05 national workshops, 02 national conferences, 01 FDP and 02 state level seminars in her institute. She has published more than 65 research papers in various national- international journals about the medicinal plants and herbal drugs.  She has presented more than 30 posters in various national and international conferences. She has guided 40 M.Pharm students and 04 Ph.D students. She has transferred technology of taste masking for one of popular mushroom neutraceutical marketed product.

She has been awarded with “Young scientist award” as recognition of devotion and interest on Medicinal plants and Herbal products at the International Level in 2nd International Seminar on Medicinal Plants & Herbal Products at Hyderabad. She has also been awarded with Career award for Young Teachers (CAYT) worth 1 lakh by AICTE, Delhi.

She has fetched Research Promotion Grant (RPS) of 11.5 Lakh from AICTE, Delhi for production of Plant antibodies.  She has received 26.50 lakh research grants from RGSTC, Mumbai Maharashtra government in 2019 for development of herbal treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.  She has also got 4 lakh Rs grant from NMPB (Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India) under National Campaign on “Tinospora cordifolia -Amrita for Life”. She has got 4.04 Lakh grant for herbal garden development from NMPB (Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India) in 2020. Recently in year 2020, she has got grant of 34 Lakh from DST, Delhi for development of nutraceuticals for treatment Alzheimer’s disease and 13.23 Lakh Rs Research Promotion Grant (RPS) from AICTE Delhi for secondary metabolite enhancement by plant tissue culture. She has fetched 18.90 Lakh grant form from NMPB (Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India) under National Campaign Ashwagandha- A Health Promoter. 

She has developed Medicinal Plant Garden comprising Nakshatra Van and Swastik Udyan under NMPB-AYUSH Ministry funding. She has distributed more than 5000 medicinal plants free to common people and farmers under Ayush Apke Dwar.

Recently she has been honored with National Technical Teachers' Award 2022 by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi under Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Her student’s innovation of modern stethoscope for early diagnosis of heart diseases is awarded first prize in Maharashtra Start-Up Yatra-2022 with 1 Lakh rupees.

Her areas of research are intellectual property rights and traditional medicines, isolation and structural elucidation of phytochemicals, nutraceutical development, and traditional medicinal plants and derived product screening, chromatographic and phytochemical analysis of extracts, development of Novel drug delivery system (microemulsion, oral films, phytosomes) of plant extracts and phytochemicals. Presently she is working with Govt. College of Pharmacy, Amravati (Maharashtra) as an Associate Professor.







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