Department of Pharmacognosy | Top Pharmacy College in West Bengal

 Department of Pharmacognosy

The Pharmacognosy Lab at BCPSR one of the Top Pharmacy College in  West Bengal is equipped with Autoclaves, Microcentrifugator, Phase contrast microscope, 3D transmission electronic and scanning electronic microscope, Soxhlet apparatus, TLC apparatus with chamber, Microtome Blade, Clevenger apparatus, Hot air oven, Muffle furnace, Camera lucida etc. The primary objective of this lab is to provide practical exposure to Undergraduates and Research Students on different isolation and extraction techniques, to check the contamination as well as adulteration of crude drugs. Separation and purification of active constituents by different chromatography etc.

Medicinal Garden:Medicinal plants at one of the Best M.Pharm College In West Bengal

 have a great role in human life and India has rich diversity of medicinal plants. The garden is systematic and well equipped with medicinal plants labelled properly with indigenous and scientific names. The garden is looked after by gardener and trained faculty.  All the plant species were authentically identified by expert taxonomists. 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.

Department of Pharmacology

Pharmacology department at one of the Top Pharmacy College in  West Bengal trains the students in subjects like Anatomy, Physiology & Pathophysiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology. Students are given facilities to understand different systems of Human Anatomy & their functions & pathology with tools like models, charts, permanent slides, bones, skeletons, etc. Here students learn about general pharmacology, drug dose, mechanism of action of drugs, screening of drugs, etc. Pharmacology Labs are well equipped with Rotarod, Pole Climbing Apparatus, Convulsiometer, Analgesiometer, etc. & Computer software for the basic demonstration of Pharmacology experiments is provided.

Animal House: The department has well established animal house giving all the necessary care & facilities for hygienic housing of laboratory animals like Wistar rats, albino mice, etc. required for pre-clinical experiments. It has been air-conditioned for better up keeping and care of lab animals. Experiments on animals are done in accordance to the guidelines given by CPCSEA. Regular meeting of Institutional Animal Ethics Committee provides guidelines for breeding and betterment of animals.