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Screening Methods

This course introduces students to techniques for screening drugs for various pharmacological activities and guidelines for handling laboratory animals. The course objectives are to teach students about preclinical drug evaluation methods and recent techniques in drug discovery. The expected outcomes are that students will learn how to handle laboratory animals, understand various screening techniques for different pharmacological activities, and know regulations related to screening new drug molecules in animals.

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Screening Methods

This course introduces students to techniques for screening drugs for various pharmacological activities and guidelines for handling laboratory animals. The course objectives are to teach students about preclinical drug evaluation methods and recent techniques in drug discovery. The expected outcomes are that students will learn how to handle laboratory animals, understand various screening techniques for different pharmacological activities, and know regulations related to screening new drug molecules in animals.

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PS608: SCREENING METHODS IN PHARMACOLOGY

(Open Elective - II)

B.Pharm. III Year II Sem. L T/P/ C


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Course Objectives: The student is going to study about various techniques involved in screening of
drugs for various pharmacological activities and guidelines for handling animals

Course Outcomes: This subject is designed to impart the knowledge on preclinical evaluation of drugs
and recent experimental techniques in the drug discovery and development. The subject content helps
the student to understand the maintenance of laboratory animals as per the guidelines. The expected
outcome are – the students will know how to handle animals and know about various techniques for
screening of drugs for different pharmacological activities and guidelines for regulations involved in
screening of new drug molecules on animals.

UNIT - I
Care, handling and breeding technique of laboratory animals. Regulations for laboratory animals,
CPSCEA guidelines, alternative to animal studies.

UNIT - II
Toxiciy test: OECD guidelines, determination of LD 50, acute, sub-acute and chronic toxicity studies.

UNIT - III
Organization of screening for pharmacological activity of new substances with emphasis on the
evaluation of antipsychotics, antiepileptics and antidepressants.

UNIT - IV
Screening methods for anti-diabetic, antiulcer, CHF and anti-hypertensive drugs.

UNIT - V
Screening methods for anti-inflammatory, analgesics and antipyretic drugs.

Recommended Books (Latest edition):


1. Biological standardization by J.H. Burn D.J. Finney and I.G. Goodwin.
2. Screening methods in Pharmacology by Robert Turner. A.
3. Methods in Pharmacology by Arnold Schwartz.
4. Pharmacological screening methods and Toxicology by A Srinivasa Rao and N.Bhagya
Lakshmi
5. Fundamentals of experimental Pharmacology by M.N. Ghosh.
6. Experimental Pharmacology for undergraduates by M C Prabhakara.
7. Drug discovery and Evaluation by Vogel H.G.
8. Experimental Pharmacology by R.K. Goyal.
9. Preclinical evaluation of new drugs by S.K. Gupta.
10. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, SK. Kulkarni.
11. Practical Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, SK. Kulkarni, 3rd Edition.
12. Screening Methods in Pharmacology, Robert A. Turner.

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