The main research activities ongoing in the Department are
- Development of Natural Product Process
- Development of Herbaceuticals and Phytobioactive compounds based on nano formulations.
- Chemical Analysis& Bioprocess and Fermentation Technology.
- Quality Control and Standardization of Botanicals and Natural Products
- Development of Monographs of Botanicals and Natural Products
- Stability, safety, and metabolomics studies on Herbal Drugs
- Molecular and chromatographic profiling of Herbal Drugs
The department is well equipped with conventional and modern sophisticated analytical equipments such as GC.MS, HPTLC, Preparative HPLC, HPLC, Super Critical Fluid Extractor, and Flash chromatography, fermenters, etc. The faculty members of the department also have various research and industrially sponsored consultancy projects of rupees of more than 6.5 crores. The research projects are funded by various government agencies such as UGC, AICTE, DST, DBT, CSIR, ICMR, etc. We have SAP-DSR-II, DST-FIST, and AICTE- MORDROPS. The faculty members and students of the department are involved in high-quality research work. They have published their research work in various national and international journals of high repute and presented at various national and international conferences. The faculty members and students of the department have got various national and international awards and patents. Some faculty members and students of the department have developed technology for the production of phytobiactive compounds and transferred the technology to national and international companies.
The Department of Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry which also includes Pharmaceutical Biotechnology has multidisciplinary collaboration with Dabur India Ltd, AIMIL Pharmaceuticals, Dolphin International, Fermish Clinical Technology, GBC, Beijing, China, and Ultimax H USA