January 2012

Ranbaxy, India's largest pharmaceutical company having a presence in Anti Infective, Respiratory, Pain Management, Derma, Ortho, Intensive Care, CNS, Oncology, Nephrology, HIV, CV, Urology and Gastro segments in India.
As a part of the expansion drive and ongoing requirements we are looking for young, dynamic and committed Front Line Sales Professionals in Mumbai and rest of Maharashtra.

J. B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (JBCPL), known to many as Unique Pharmaceutical Laboratories is one of India's leading global pharmaceutical companies. The company manufactures and markets a wide range of pharmaceutical formulations.

Post:  Officer in Formulation & Development

i3 is a full-service Clinical Research Organization (CRO) focused on five therapeutic areas: Oncology; Cardiology; The Central Nervous System; Respiratory and Infectious Diseases; and Endocrinology and Metabolic diseases. Therapeutic specialization drives all aspects of business in this global CRO - from project staffing and talent management to quality initiatives.

About Authors:
Jyotirmoy Das Choudhury, Dr. Biplab De,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
Regional Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology. Abhoynagar, Agartala,
Tripura(W)

INTRODUCTION
Nature always stands as a golden mark to exemplify the outstanding phenomenon of symbiosis. The biotic & abiotic elements of nature are all interdependent. The plants are indispensable to man for his life. The knowledge of drug has accumulated over  thousands of years as a result of man’s inquisitive nature so that today we posses many effective means of ensuring health care.
In the part, almost all the medicines used were from the plants, the plant being men’s only chemist for ages. The history of medical plants dates back to RIG VEDA, perhaps the oldest repository of human knowledge, which was written in about 4500-1600 B.C. then there is the Ayurveda which given us detail accounts of many herbal drugs. Most of the medicinally active substance are identified in the 19^th & 20^th centuries was used in crude form. But now in modern days we use to take drug in the form of dosage form.