Phytopharmacy & Phytomedicine

Department of Phytopharmacy & Phytomedicine

Vision :

The Dept. of Phytopharmacy and Phytomedicine would strive hard to become centre of excellence in herbal/natural products.

Mision:

The Department of  Phytopharmacy & Phytomedicine is dedicated to :

• Provide excellence in education, research and public services in the disciplines of herbal drugs and natural products. 
• Define the direction and scope of herbal drug therapy through continuous and innovative research.
• Promote pharmaceutical care locally, nationally and internationally by developing safe and efficacious natural medicines.
• Search for local natural resources as remedies for management of endemic diseases.
• Search for new leads for drug development. 
• Serve as a consultation center for the Pharmaceutical industry and community at large.
• Integrate the disciplines of Natural product chemistry in the Pharmaceutical industry R&D departments.
• Develop suitable extraction/isolation and QA methods for natural products used as pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements and cosmetics.

Programmes organised (QIP/SDP/Workshop/Seminar)

Broad research areas

Patents Filed/Granted

1. “Thiazolidine-2,4 Diones and Processes Thereof” (648/CHE/2006, 10.04.2006) - Awarded to TIFAC CORE.
2. “Novel glitazones incorporated with tyrosine  synthesis and antidiabetic activity” - Gazetted and being  examined.
3. “Process for isolation of bergenin from Caesalpinia dignya Rottler” - Gazetted and being examined.

Research Papers Presented

Research projects from various funding agencies

Grants received

Ongoing Projects

Students fellowships Received

Honors & achievements

1. S.P.Dhanabal acted as a member of Scientific committee at the 63rd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress held at Bangalore during 16th to 18th Dec 2011.
2. Anthony J Booker, Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research on Agriculture and Health (LCIRAH), Centre for Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London, United Kingdom delivered  guest lectures and interacted with the PG students for discussion on research activities during 25th Jan to 8th Feb 2012.
3. Dr.Khin Phyu Phyu, Director of Medical Research, Upper Myanmar and WHO fellowship receipient carried out research work under the supervision of Dr.S.P.Dhanabal on the topic “Drug development of Swertia purpurescens (Pan Kha) of Myanmar Origin as a potential antimalarial drug” from 21st March to 29th April 2011.
4. Dr.M.J.Nanjan has been made a member of the Editorial board of the Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine; Has been invited to be reviewer for scientific papers for the following journals: a).Toxicological and environmental chemistry b).Natural products research.
5. Ms.Priyadharshini, Ms.Udaya and Ms.Vishali, I M.Pharmacy underwent training on preparation of tribal medicines at the Earth trust, Kolikkarai on 29th March, 2012. Also underwent training on preparation of ayurvedic medicines at the JSS Ayurvedic medical college, Mysore from 16th to 21st April 2012
6. Dr.Sreedevi, Siddha Physician delivered invited lectures on various aspects of Siddha medicines and demonstrated preparation of various Siddha medicines from 2nd to 3rd April 2012.
7. Dr.Roshan Pinto, professor, Father Mullers Homoeopathic Medical College, Mangalore delivered invited lectures on various aspects of Homoeopathic medicines and demonstrated preparation of various Homoeopathic medicines from 27-28th April 2012.
8. The following Eminent scientists visited the department :
   Dr.Hilderbert Wagner, Germany; Dr.Ramu Govindaswamy, Rutgers University, USA; Dr.Hariprasad, Director, Supergen Laboratories, USA; Dr.Jagannatha Rao, INDICASAT, Panama, Central America; Dr.Jane Hanrahan, Univ. of Sydney, Australia; Dr.Basil Roufagalis, Univ. of Sydney, Australia ; Dr.S.Sotheeswaran, Univ of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka; Dr. Sunitha & Dr.S. Patnala, Rhodes Univ., South Africa; Dr.Adrian Slater, De Montfort University, UK; Dr.Nirmal Robinson, NRCIBS, Canada; Dr.Suresh Mohankumar, CCAFRHM, Canada; Dr.Lin Huang Huang, National Yang-Ming Univ., Taiwan; Dr.Chung Hua Hsu, Chairman, TCM Assn, Taiwan; Dr.Godfrey Chi-fung Chan,  Univ. of Hong Kong, China; Dr. Julie Hawkins, University of Reading, UK; Dr.Roshan Briton, INDICASAT, Panama, Central America; Dr.Antony Booker, Univ. of Londoa, UK; Dr.Rita Banerjee, Scientist-DST, New Delhi; Dr.K.Surenranath, USP, Hyderabad; Dr.Subbaswami, Chairman, resonance labs, Bangalore; Dr.Ramesh Suriyanarayanan, Director, Himalaya dugs, Bangalore.
9. Organised Medicinal plants exhibition at the Govt. botanical garden, Ooty during flower show (18-20th May 2012) to create an awareness on utilization of medicinal plants to the public by exhibiting more than 50 species of rare collection. More than 25000 people visited and got useful information.
10. Mr.Muruganantham, Ms.V.Maithili and Mr.Vijay Hiremath awarded Ph.D during 2011-12 under the guidance of Dr.S.P.Dhanabal and Dr.M.J.Nanjan.

9. Rendered consultancy services to the following industries:

Tablets India ltd, Chennai; Apex lab, Chennai; Sami labs, Bangalore; Arya vaidya sala, Kottakkal, Kerala; Spice board, Coimbatore; Ethix Pharma, Mumbai; Cholayil Pvt ltd, Chennai; Aptus Biosciences, Secunderabad; Natural Remedies, Banagalore; TTK Health Care Ltd., Chennai; Vedic Life Sciences, Mumbai; Orchid Health Care, Aurangabad; Rosea Ayurvedic Laboratories, Kottayam; US Pharmacopoeia, Hyderabad.

Guest Lectures delivered

Invited Lectures Organised

Industrial visit of staff / students

1. Dr.S.P.Dhanabal visited US Pharmacopoeia, Hyderabad; Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Gurgaon; SKM Ayurveda and Siddha ltd., Erode; IMPCOPS, Chennai : Par formulations, Chennai; Spices Board, Coimbatore; 
2. PG students and Research scholars visited to practical training on preparation of various tribal medicines at the Earth Trust, Near Nilgiri Adhivasi Welfare Association (NAWA) Hospital, Kolikarai, Mamaram, Kotagiri on Thursday, 29th March 2012.
3. PG students visited and underwent practical training on preparation of various ayurvedic medicines at the JSS Ayurvedic Medical college, Mysore from 16th to 21st April 2012.

Important Photographs

 

Training on preparation of tribal medicines at the Earth Trust, Kotagiri

 

PG students and research scholars with Earth trust team

“National Workshop on Potentials of Medicinal Plants of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve” (Western Ghats),
Theme: An ethnomedical approach to herbal drug development” (8 - 10th Dec, 2011)

Chief Guest Tmt.Archana Patnaik, IAS, Inaugurating the seminar	Address by Dr.Raghuram Singh, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forests & Field Director
Invited lecture by Dr.H.J.Pramod, KLE University, Belgaum	Demonstration on tribal medicinal preparation by tribal women

“International Seminar on Herbal Drug Research : Present and Future Prospects”
(Dec 4–5, 2009).

Chief Guest Sri.V.K.Subburaj IAS Health Secretary, Inaugurating the seminar	Welcome address by DR. S.P.Dhanabal,Convener
Key note address by Dr. Hildebert Wagner, University of Munich, Germany	Lecture by Dr. Jane Hanrahan University of Sydney, Australia
Lecture by Dr. Chandrakant Kokate, Vice Chancellor, KLE’S University, Belgaum	Lecture by Dr.Ramu Govindaswamy, RUTGERS University, New Jersey, USA

Medicinal Plants Exhibition organised at the Govt. Botanical Garden, Ooty during flower show
(18-20th May 2012)