2017 Syllabus (PDF)
Unit I: Bioprospecting and Biodiversity
Lecture - 01: Bio-prospecting - Definitions; Concepts and Practices; Traditional and Modern
Bio-prospecting (PDF)
Lecture - 02: Biodiversity - Biodiversity Hotspots - Biodiversity Threat; Endangered Species: Medicinal
Plants / Terrestrial and Marine Animals - Inventorisation and Monitoring (PDF)
Unit II: Bioactive Compounds from Microbes
Lecture - 03: Aerobic and Anaerobic (Extremophiles / Archaea) Organisms for Bio-prospecting (PDF)
Lecture - 04: Bio-active Compounds from Bacteria: Antibiotics, Anti-viral compounds, Anti-cancer
Agents, Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PDF)
Lecture - 05: Bio-active Compounds from Actinomycetes and Fungi: Antibiotics, Anti-viral Compounds,
Anti-cancer Agents (PDF)
Lecture - 06: Pharmacological Potential of Endophytic Fungi and Mushrooms (PDF)
Unit III: Bio-active Compounds from Marine and Animal Resources
Lecture - 07: Marine Organisms for Bio-prospecting : Corals and Sponges (PDF)
Lecture - 08: Marine Organisms for Bio-prospecting: Coelenterates; Bryozoans, Molluscs, Tunicates,
Echinoderms (PDF)
Lecture - 09: Mid Semester Examination
Lecture - 10: Animal Sources - Fishes, Frogs, Arthropods, Antibiotic peptides, Neuro toxins and Proteins (PDF)
Unit IV: Bio-prospecting of Plants
Lecture - 11: Bio-prospecting of Plants: Natural Products, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacognosy (PDF)
Lecture - 12: Random and Ethnobotanical Approach - Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (PDF)
Lecture - 13: Screening of Plants and Storage; Preparation of Crude Compounds and Purification
Lecture - 14: Bio-assay, Structure Elucidation, Large Scale Production and Market Availability (PDF)
Unit V: Meta-genomics and Regulations for Bio-prospecting
Lecture - 15: Metagenomics: Microbes in Soils, Plants, Animals and Human Beings (PDF)
Lecture - 16: Bioprospecting of Novel Genes / Bio-molecules for Biotic Stress, Abiotic Stress and Novel
Enzymes for Industrial and Medicinal uses (PDF)
Lecture - 17: Bio-prospecting Regulations; Convention on Biological Diversity; Intellectual Property
Rights - Patenting of New Genes and / or Bio-active Principles (PDF)
Experiment No. 01: Isolation of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria
Experiment No. 02: Bioassay of PGPB for Anti-bacterial and Anti-fungal properties
Experiment No. 03: Isolation of Bacillus thuringiensis
Experiment No. 04: Bioassay of Bt Toxin for Insecticidal Properties
Experiment No. 05: Collection of Plants of Medicinal Importance and Extraction of Bio-products
Experiment No. 06: Phytochemical Analysis for Secondary Metabolites
Experiment No. 07: Bio-assay of Plant Extracts for Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activities
Experiment No. 08: Bio-assay of Plant Extracts for Anti-oxidant activity
Experiment No. 09: Assessing the Plant Bio-products - GCMS
Experiment No. 10: Assessing the Plant Bio-products - HPLC
Experiment No. 11: Isolation of Meta-genomic DNA
Experiment No. 12: Amplification of Meta-genomic DNA Using Universal Primers
Experiment No. 13: Phylogenetic Analysis
Experiment No. 14: Primer Designing using online tools
Experiment No. 15: Amplification of novel genes
Experiment No. 16: Analysis of amplified products
Practical examination
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