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VI. Practical
• Harvesting, drying, garbling, grading and packaging of medicinal and aromatic
plants;
• Assessment of deterioration of active principles during storage and their control;
• Preparation of active content enriched extracts of important medicinal plants.
VII. Suggested Reading
Alikhan I and Khanum A. 2008. 
Role of Biotechnology in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
. UKAZ
Publishers.
Chadha KL and Gupta R. 2006. 
Advances in Horticulture.
Vol. XI. Medicinal and aromatic
plants. Malhotra Publ. House.
Gupta AK and Sharma M. 2008. 
Reviews on Indian Medicinal Plants
. ICMR.
Gupta AK, Tandon N and Sharma M. 2008. 
Quality Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants
.
Mann J 1994. 
Chemical Aspects of Biosynthesis
. Oxford Chemistry Primers.
Sharma R. 2004. 
Agrotechniques of Medicinal Plants
. Daya Publ.
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture (s)
Theory
1.
Identification of maturity indices and harvesting period based
on active content
4
2.
Harvesting method of underground parts, leaves, stem, bark,
fruits, flowers, etc.
4
3.
Processing of harvested crops of medicinal and aromatic plants
5
4.
Storage and value addition.
4
5.
Deterioration/ degradation of active principles during storage and
their control
3
6.
Isolation of major bioactive compounds from medicinal plants,
preparation of active content enriched extracts
8
7.
Advances in extraction of essential oil
4
Total
32
Practical
1.
Harvesting, drying, garbling, grading and packaging of medicinal
and aromatic plants
5
2.
Assessment of deterioration of active principles during storage and
their control
6
3.
Preparation of active content enriched extracts of important
medicinal plants
5
Total
16