Aryans College of Pharmacy celebrates World Pharmacists Day
Aryans
College of Pharmacy celebrates World Pharmacists Day
Mohali 25th September 2019
Pharmacy Department of
Aryans Group of Colleges, Rajpura, Near Chandigarh organized an interactive
session on “Drug Discovery through Natural Products” to celebrate World
Pharmacist Day under the theme "Safe and effective medicines for all"
at its Campus. Dr. V. Kapoor, Former Chairman & Dean Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest on
the occasion.
Students of B.
Pharmacy & D. Pharmacy of Aryans Group participated in various activities
including Poster making, Slogan & Essay Writing, etc.
Dr. V. Kapoor
enlightened the students about the Medicinal Plants and Natural Products. He
said that the chemistry of natural compounds is relatively unexplored and
represents a vast resource for new medicines to combat major diseases such as
cancer, AIDS or malaria.
Natural product
compounds are the source of numerous therapeutic agents. Recent progress to
discover drugs from natural product sources has resulted in compounds that are
being developed to treat cancer, resistant bacteria and viruses and
immunosuppressive disorders. In many instances, the discovery of a novel
natural product serves as a tool to better understand targets and pathways in
the disease process.
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