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Block 2:
Spice Crops
Unit I:
Physiological and biochemical changes: Physiological and biochemical
changes during maturity and ripening including Post harvest changes.
Factors influencing quality.
Unit II:
Contaminants: Adulterants, substitutes, sources of contamination:
microbial, heavy metal, pesticide residues.
Unit III:
Value addition: Fixed oils, essential oils, value added products, grading,
storage, transportation.
Block 3:
Medicinal and aromatic crops
Unit I:
Secondary metabolites and their biosynthetic pathways, factors
affecting production of secondary metaboiltes, changes during maturity,
harvesting and processing.
Unit II:
Contaminants: Adulterants, substitutes, contamination: microbial,
heavy metal, pesticide residues.
Unit III:
Value addition: Fixed oils, essential oils, oleoresins, concretes, absolutes,
dyes, natural colours, aroma chemicals, grading, storage,
transportation. Quality standards of raw materials and finished
products.
VII. Practical
• Sampling techniques in PSMA crops or their parts;
• Solvent extraction of spices and medicinal plants;
• Detection of adulterants and substitutes;
• Extraction of secondary metabolites from medicinal crops;
• Qualitative analyses of secondary metabolites;
• Quantitative estimation of secondary metabolites;
• Preparation of plant extracts;
• Chromatographic separation of extracts;
• Thin layer chromatography;
• Soxhlet extraction;
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Horticultural Sciences–Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
461
• Super critical fluid extraction;
• Determination of physical and chemical properties of essential oils;
• Flavor profile of essential oils by gas chromatography;
• Chemical characterization by HPTLC;
• Chemical characterization by GCMS;
• Chemical characterization by LCMS;
• Chemical characterization by NMR;
• Bioassay and High Throughput Screening;
• Techniques for assessment of antimicrobial property;
• Techniques for assessment of antioxidant property, pesticide residue analyses;
• Determination of heavy metals by flame photometry;
• Plant tissue cultures in the industrial production of bioactive plant metabolites;
• Exposure visit to leading medicinal and aromatic industries, accredited quality
control labs.