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Pharmacognosy

Pharmacognosy is the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of drugs, drug substances or potential drugs or drug substances of natural origin as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources.

Pharmacognosy is a branch of pharmacology that studies the herbal medicines as well as medicinal drugs and compounds of natural origin. Pharmacognosy is the study of phytochemical analysis, i.e. extraction, isolation and characterization of natural compounds, plant tissue culture, biochemical transformations, and study of biosynthetic pathways, in addition to the phyto-pharmaceutics and Phytotherapy.


Basic Information:
Program Type: Degree Based
Level Of study: Ph.D.
School / Faculty: School of Pharmacy
Department: Department of Pharmacognosy
Major (Name Of Program): Pharmacognosy
This program contact information:
Telephone: 00987132122884
Fax: 00987132356996
Mobile: 00987132356996
Email Address: admission_gsia@sums.ac.ir
Address: 6th Floor, Central building of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Zand St., Shiraz, Iran
Contact Person Name: Office of International Affairs
Program Detail:
Language Requirements:
  • Language requirements: Evidence of English Proficiency on the TOEFL or IELTS tests. The minimum score for TOEFL PBT, TOEFL iBT and IELTS is 533, 72 and 5.5 respectively.
  • Applicants from Persian (Farsi) Speaking countries (They shall both speak and write in Persian) who have applied for graduate Degree-based programs may be exempted, based on the decision of the department, from submitting any certificates regarding their English Language Proficiency. Nevertheless, they are required to hand in their English language certificate which meets SUMS’ minimal language proficiency requirements, within one year from commencing their studies at SUMS.
Admission Requirements:
  • M.Sc. and B.Sc. or equivalent certificates for the applicants of Ph.D. degree.
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