Department of Pharmacognosy
Facilities
| Hot air oven | UV Cabinet |
| Dissection microscopes | Hot Plates |
| Compound microscopes | Clevenger’s apparatus |
| Camera Lucida | Heating Mantles |
| TLC applicator | Distillation unit |
| Rotary shaker | Muffle Furnace |
| Soxhlet extractor | Chromatographic columns of various sizes |
| Digital balance | Chromatography chambers |
Medicinal Garden
Medicinal Plants have a great role in human life. India has rich diversity of medicinal plants. Till now 90% of herbs used in manufacturing Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy medicines in the country are supplied from the wild.
In our Swamy Vivekanandha College of Pharmacy we have established an arboretum of medicinal plants. The objective of establishing this garden is to maintain a conservatory of the most common and important species of medicinal and aromatic plants which are being used in day-to-day primary health care. All the plant species were authentically identified by expert taxonomists, labeled and in many cases their therapeutic values in curing different diseases are also highlighted.
Some Important Medicinal Plants in Our Garden
| Aloe vera | Azadirachta indica |
| Alpinia galanga | Adhatoda vasica |
| Andrographis paniculata | Alternanthera sessilis |
| Abrus precatorius | Murraya koenigii |
| Hemidesmus indicus | Cymbopogon nardus |
| Commelina benghalensis | Sphaeranthus indicus |
| Gymnema sylvestra | Coleus aromaticus |
| Embelica officinalis | Euphorbia heterophylla |
| Kleinia grandiflora | Ocimum sanctum |
| Ocimum basilicum | Catharanthus roseus |
| Plumbago zeylanica | Carica papaya |
| Scaevola sericea | Curcuma longa |
| Tribulus terrestris | Rauwolfia serpentina |
| Tylophora indica | Solanum trilobatum |
| Vitex negundo | Sphaeranthus indicus |
| Vitex trifolia | Tamarindus indica |
| Vitex agnus castus | Vetiveria zizanioides |