TEXT BOOK OF PHARMACOGNOSY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY- I

About Author

Dr. Vivekanand Katare is a seasoned academician and researcher with over 18 years of experience in the pharmaceutical field. He currently serves as the Director of Vivekanand College of Pharmacy, Ratibad, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. His academic journey includes a B.Pharm from Jiwaji University, an M.Pharm from Barkatullah University, and a Ph.D. from Sri Satya Sai University of Technology & Medical Sciences. Throughout his career, Dr. Katare has been actively involved in teaching, research, and academic leadership. His research interests lie in pharmaceutical formulation, drug delivery systems, and the development of herbal medicines. He continues to contribute significantly to the advancement of pharmacy education and innovation in drug research. Dr. Rekha Tarasingh Rajput, currently working as Associate Professor,Sharda School of Pharmacy, Sharda University, Agra, (Formerly Anand College of Pharmacy, Keetham, Agra.), Agra-282005, Uttar Pradesh, India. She has completed her graduation from L.M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad (Gujarat University) and post-graduation from K.L.E. Society's College of Pharmacy, Belgaum (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences) one of the prestigious and well-known universities and completed her Ph. D in Pharmaceutical Sciences on the topic entitled “Evaluation and Development of Anti-diabetic Polyherbal Formulation of Indian Medicinal Plants”. She has a total of 18+ years of teaching experience. She has more than 33 publications, 17 patents, 07 books and 01 book chapter and more than 100 International and national conferences attended. She is interested in the extraction, isolation, and purification of different compounds from medicinal plants and the development of herbal formulations. Mr. Narendra Singh Solanki, M. Pharm. (Pharmaceutics); GATE (2003) is working as Assistant Professor at B.N. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Udaipur. Being life time member of “Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India, with over 17 years of experiences in Teaching and research. He has successfully completed two research projects funded by Department of Science and Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan). He has published more than 20 Research Papers in Journal of National and International repute and supervised 7 students of M. Pharm. and more than 30 students of B. Pharm. Dr. Rakesh Sagar working as Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Shri G.S. Institute of Technology and Science Indore (M.P), India 452003.He is life member of various Societies viz Society of Pharmacognosy, APTI, IPA. He is actively engaged in research and has published over 50 articles in National and International journal of repute, Besides he has also participated and presented papers in many National and International conferences about 10 paper and poster presentations 02 International book chapter and guided 50 PG Students 06 Ph.D awarded under his guidance.His area of research includes Pharmacology, Standardization of Herbal Drugs, Drug Interaction etc. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma M.Pharm (Pharmacognosy), Ph.D., M.B.A. (Executive), is currently working as an Associate Professor in Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Pharmacy, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad. He obtained his B. Pharm degree from M.I.E.T. Meerut., M. Pharm degree from T.I.P.E.R. Meerut and Ph.D. degree from Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad. He has total 17 years of experience and more than 12 years of teaching and research experience. He is guiding 7 Ph. D scholars. He has published 30 papers in various reputed peer reviewed in national and international journals.