... Clinical Pharmacology: Departmental Facilities


4th Floor:

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    		•  5 beds for Bioequivalence and Human Volunteer studies.
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    		•  5 beds for Ayurveda Research.
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    		•  5 beds for Clinical Pharmacology Research and Services.
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    		•  Ayurvedic Panchkarma procedures.


    Haematology Laboratory (for research studies):

    Haematology Laboratory
    Haematology Laboratory    		   
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    		•  Routine haematological investigations.
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    		•  Platelet aggregation studies.


    Ayurvedic Therapeutic Room:

    Our Ayurvedic Therapeutic Room has the following facilities for Panchkarma:

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    		•  Nadi sweda yantra for swedan
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    		•  Sarvang swedan peti
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    		•  Mixer
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    		•  Shirodhara table
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    		•  Catheters and syringes (50 cc) for Matra basti
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    		•  Steamer
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    		•  Enema pot
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    		•  Steriliser


    5th Floor: (Laboratory Facilities)

    Laboratory Facilities
    Laboratory Facilities


    Chromatography Laboratory:

    Chromatography Laboratory    Chromatography Laboratory
    Chromatography Laboratory

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    		•  Therapeutic drug monitoring is done using HPLC (Advanced Software WINCATS).
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    		•  Phytostandardisation of plants and plant products using HPTLC.


    Tissue culture laboratory:

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    		•  Various cell lines are maintained for in vitro
    work on cancer and diabetes.
    		   Tissue Culture Laboratory
    Tissue Culture Laboratory


    Host Defense Laboratory:

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    		•  PMN and monocyte function tests. It is done to establish a relationship between the host's response to infection on the Basis of Prakriti of an individual.


    Image Analysis Laboratory:

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    		•  Microscope with Advanced software for imaging, Spectrophotometer with WINASPECT software, Gas chromatography machine.


    Microbiology Laboratory:

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    		•  Anti-mycobacterial and Anti-microbial activity of various plant extracts are carried out in this lab.


    Immuno assay Laboratory:

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    		•  Radioimmunoassay & ELISA for various immunological assays.


    Central Animal house facility (Reg No. 407/01/a/CPCSEA, 25th April 2001):

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    		•  The facilities are currently being looked after by Department of Clinical Pharmacology. The animal house has facilities for carrying out various animal experiments, The department houses rats, mice, rabbits and guinea pigs for experimental purposes. The animal house is spacious enough to house up to 500 animals at a time.


    Future plans and Development:

    The department plans to develop and set up the following activities:

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    		•  State of the art Phase I unit for clinical trials.
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    		•  Centre of Excellence for Clinical Pharmacology.
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    		•  Impart training and research in Clinical Pharmacology of traditional medicine.
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    		•  Up gradation of animal house facilities.
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    		•  Isolation unit for performing state of the art animal tissue experiments.



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