The scope of pharmacognosy is broad in the field of pharmacy. It is the scientific study of structural, physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of crude drugs and search for new drugs from plant, animal, and mineral

People with degrees in pharmacology may also work as scientists specializing in many areas like:

Pharmacist

Microbiology – the study of how drugs react on a microscopic or cellular level. One of the greatest uses for this research is discovering how pharmacology can treat or reverse heart disease.

Analytical Chemistry – the study of how drugs react under different circumstances to develop medications that are safe and stable.

Pharmaceutical Chemist

Healthcare Scientist

Aspirants need to possess a bachelor's degree in chemistry, biochemistry, phytochemistry, botany, biology and fields related to the natural sciences as the minimum requirement to get entry level jobs. To advance in their careers, postgraduate degrees in the field are important.

Saraswathi Vidya Bhavan's College of Pharmacy has 60 seats for B.pharma

. It is 4 year course thus has total fees of around 5 lacs . Placement record for this college is good as a lot of companies visit here

Pharmacognosy is a volatile subject! You need to prepare it in a continuous manner. If you are studying about various herbs and their pharmacognostic properties, then you need to remember a lot of things. Let me illustrate a highly effective method of memorizing the various aspects of pharmacognosy.

• Prepare a table having the following format:- (1) Sr. no. (2) Category of plant [alkaloids, glycosides, tannins etc.] (3) Botanical name of plant (4) Family (5) Synonyms/ common name of the plant (6) Parts used [stem, bark, fruits, leaves, roots etc.] (7) Geographical source [indigenous to which country/ place/ habitat etc.] (8) Chemical constituents [mention the important ones] (9) Uses (10) Adulterants [if any] (11) Substituents [if any] . You can also add the chemical structure and confirmatory tests specific to that plant/ phytoconstituent. You can prepare this table for all the plants etc. given in your syllabus. This will make your revision more easy and will also help you remember the information for a longer time.
• You can refer many books, like Gokhale & Kokate by Nirali publications, V,D, Rangari volume I and II by Career publications and K.R. Khandelwal by Nirali Prakashan. Internet is your best friend when it comes to extra reading about the subject.
• If you want to make the study more interesting, you may google the images of the plant you are studying. You might be surprised to know how you are familiar to many plants, but don’t know their pharmacognosy.
• Practice speaking aloud while studying for pharmacognosy