Pharmacology Department is a very dynamic department. Departmental courses cover a broad range of disciplines, including Pharmacology and Toxicology, in addition to Anatomy, Physiology and Clinical Pharmacy. In addition, the department offers Master in Pharmacy course with Pharmacology specialization.
Pharmacology is a biomedical discipline that applies the principles of scientific experimentation to therapeutic contexts. This department attempt to improve health & alleviate disease, studies the mechanism by which drugs alter biological systems. Toxicology is also a branch of pharmacology that deals with the study of mechanisms by which drugs & chemicals in the environment produce unwanted effects.
The department has centralized animal house facility approved by CPCSEA (Registration No. 931/Po /Re/S/06/CPCSEA) for conducting experimentation on mice, rats, guinea pigs & rabbits.
Facilities
- Lagendroffs Apparatus
- Telethermometer
- Plethismograph
- Actophotometer
- Pole Climbing Apparatus
- Analgesiometer (Hot Plate Method and Tail Flick Method)
- Hemocytometer
- Sphygmomanometer
- Sherrington’s Kymograph.
- Histamine chamber
- Microscope
Laboratory
- Pharmacology Laboratory -I
- Pharmacology Laboratory -II
- Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory
- Research Laboratory
Research Areas
- Pharmacological screening
- Pre clinical trials
- Toxicological studies
- Clinical data study