Scope of pharmacology. Routes of administration of drugs. Adsorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs. Mechanism of drug action and factors modifying drug action. Principles of drug interaction. General and local anaesthetics. Narcotic analgesics. Analgesic antipyretics. Hypnotics and sedatives. Epilepsy and antiepileptic drugs. Psycho-pharmacological drugs. Stimulants and relaxants. Agonists and antagonists. Drug dependence and drug abuse.
Pharmacognosy. Phytotherapy. Alternative medicine. Medicinal and natural products chemistry. Natural products isolation and characterization. In vitro production of bioactive chemicals. Bioactive natural products from marine and other sources. Novel antimicrobials. Bioresources and their pharmacological, cosmetic and industrial applications.
