The second edition of the textbook Herbal Drug Technology, based on the curriculum of various universities, caters to both bachelor''s and master''s courses in pharmacy and allied sciences. It contains detailed information on Indian systems of medicine, herbal therapeutics, crude drugs and medicinal botany.
New to this edition are topics such as herbal cosmetics, nutraceuticals, chemotaxonomy, recent changes in in vivo anticancer screening models and screening of cardiac glycosides, and methods of literature search and patenting of herbal drugs. About the Author
S. S. Agrawal , PhD (AIIMS), FICAI, Pro-Vice Chancellor and DG (Academics, Innovation and Research) and Director, Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, has more than 40 years of experience in teaching and research. Professor Agrawal served as Founder Director, Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, New Delhi, for about 20 years and was instrumental in the setting up of Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research University (DPSARU). He is a member of several committees including AICTE, UGC, CSIR, ICMR, INMAS, CCRAS, NAAC and ICRI. He has been conferred with several honours including Honorary Foreign Fellowship by the Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences (2010), Distinguished ServiceAward by the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Canada (2010), Principal of theYear Award by the Association of PharmaceuticalTeachers (2007), Honorary DSc from Rajiv GandhiTechnical University , Bhopal (2007), Lifetime AchievementAward by Indian Pharmacological Society (2006), Fellowship of International Society of Heart Research (2003), among others.
M. Paridhavi,, Principal, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Pharmacy,Trikaripur, Kasaragod District, Kerala, obtained his masters degree in pharmacognosy with distinction from Karnataka University and his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences from DIPSAR, University of Delhi.
During 1995 2005, he was a faculty member at VV Sangh sTogariVeeramallapa Memorial College of Pharmacy, Bellary, Karnataka. He is the co-author of the book, Clinically Useful Herbal Drugs , along with Professor S. S. Agrawal.
