PhD (Pharmacology)

Core Research Areas

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1. Toxicological Studies
2. Antifertility studies
3. Anticancer Activity
4. Anti-Inflammatory Studies
5. Diuretic Studies
6. Anti-Diarrhoeal Studies
7. Hepatoprotective Studies
8. Anti-Diabetic Studies
9. Immunomodulatory Studies
10. Ulcer Protective Studies
11. Neuroprotective Activity
12. Neuro-psychological studies

Thrust areas of research in this department include:

1. Neurosciences and neurodegenerative disorders
2. Herbal screening
3. Toxicological studies
4. Pharmacological & molecular studies on of natural products, herbal active constituents and small molecules in various animal disease models of Cancer, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerosis, peptic ulcer, fertility
5. Pharmacological Screening using bioassay procedures
6. Computer aided Learning
7. The department is advancing its research facilities to extend our service to industries and other research organizations

Research Facilities

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• Student physiograph
• Microscope with camera
• Semi autoanalyzer
• Actophotometer
• Rotarod apparatus
• Electroconvulsiometer
• T maze
• Y maze
• Radial arm maze
• Plethysmograph
• Plethysmometer
• Tissue homogenizer

  Industrial Partner

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	Santhigiri Ayurveda Hospital & Research Institute

Software Facilities

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Ex-Pharm	Sigma Plot	Graphpad Prism	Graphpad Instat

 

PhD (Pharmacognosy)

Core Research Areas

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1. Phytochemical Analysis
2. Physical evaluation of crude drugs
3. Extraction and isolation of chemical constituents
4. Development and evaluation of herbal constituents

Research Facilities

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• Soxhlet extractor
• Clevenger apparatus
• BOD Incubator
• UV Cabinet
• Microscope- simple, monocular & compound 
• Muffle furnace
• Electronic furnace
• Hot air oven
• Camera lucida
• Tissue culture rack

 

Industrial Partner

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Care Keralam Ltd	Santhigiri Ayurveda Hospital & Research Institute	Livlong Nutraceuticals	Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden & Research Institute

PhD (Pharmaceutical Chemistry)

Core Research Areas

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1. Drug discovery
2. Molecular modelling
3. Computer aided drug designing
4. The department also provides consultancy services in area of spectral data analysis,  organic synthesis and Phytochemical analysis.

Research Facilities

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• UV spectrophotometer
• HPLC
• FTIR
• Flame photometer
• Digital ultrasonic cleaner
• pH meter
• Conductivity meter
• Fluorimeter
• Digital nepheloturbiditymeter
• Colorimeter
• Magnetic stirrer
• Hydraulic press
• Melting point apparatus
• Polarimeter
• Vacuum pump
• Deionizer
• Potentiometer
• Centrifuge
• Refractometer

Industrial Partner

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Arjuna Natural	Biopharma solutions	Labchrome

Software Facilities

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Autodock Vina	Schrodinger Maestro	ChemSketch
SwissTarget prediction	ProtParam