The study of medical medications produced from plants or other natural sources is known as pharmacognosy. Pharmacognosy is defined as “the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological characteristics of medications, drug substances, or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin, as well as the search for novel drugs from natural sources” by the American Society of Pharmacognosy.
The term “pharmacognosy” comes from the Greek words pharmakon (drug) and gnosis (knowledge) (knowledge). Originally, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the term “pharmacognosy” was used to describe the field of medicine or commodities sciences that deals with pharmaceuticals in their raw, or unprepared, form. The dry, unprepared substance of plant, animal, or mineral origin utilised for treatment is referred to as crude medicines.
As late as the beginning of the twentieth century, the field had evolved mostly on the botanical side, with a focus on the description and identification of pharmaceuticals in both their complete state and powder form. Such sections of pharmacognosy remain critical, notably for pharmacopoeial identification and quality control, but fast growth in other areas has vastly extended the topic. The arrival of the twenty-first century heralded a resurgence in pharmacognosy, and its traditional botanical approach has been expanded to the molecular and metabolomic levels.
Although most pharmacognostic research focus on plants and medications produced from plants, other types of creatures, particularly microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, etc.) and, more recently, marine species, are also recognised as pharmacognostically fascinating.

Following are the Instruments/Equipments available with Pharmacognosy department in our college;
Compound Microscope, Projection Microscope, Zone reader, Camera lucida, Stage micrometer, Muffle furnace, Heating Mantles, Permanent Slide, Sonicator etc