Asavari R Rasam¹, Anjali S Mahadik¹, Firoj A Tamboli²*, Apurva A Salunkhe³, Saurabh S Suryawanshi⁴, Pranav H Pawar⁴, Sandip B Pawar⁴, Shubham S More⁴, Akash D Mule³ and Rohit K Jadhav³

¹Sarojini College of Pharmacy, Kolhapur, India
²Department of Pharmacognosy, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Near Chitranagari, Kolhapur, India
³Department of Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Kolhapur, India
⁴UG, Students, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Near Chitranagari, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author: Firoj A Tamboli, Department of Pharmacognosy, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Near Chitranagari, Kolhapur, India.

Received: April 25, 2025; Published: May 24, 2025

Abstract

The application of molecular biological methods to pharmacognosy has broadened the field of pharmacognosical research and is crucial to the responsible and effective use of prescription medications. Therefore, authentication is needed for these raw medications. With its current explosive growth, pharmacognosy has emerged as an extensively multidisciplinary area of study. Molecular pharmacognosy is an emerging field that exists at the intersection of pharmacognosy and molecular biology. Molecular pharmacognosy leverages the techniques and tools of molecular biology to address a broad spectrum of difficult issues, including molecular marker assay-based drug population distinction between botanical and animal-derived compounds, genetic diversity-based resource conservation and utilization, influential compound accumulation procedure research, and genetic engineering-based resource augmentation. The primary investigation areas assigned to molecular pharmacognosy are as follows: studies regarding environmentally friendly disposal of crude drug supplies, preservation of curative plant and animal ecosystems, marker developing for medicinal plants, cultivating of freshly developed kinds, genome-wide regulation of metabolic pathways, directional monitoring of the quality of Chinese herbal remedies, the application of tissue culture and genetic modification to accomplish excellent expression and production of naturally occurring pharmaceutical ingredients or ingredients modified via genetic modification, and green in color, free of pollutants botanical medicine. From this review, the concept of Molecular Pharmacognosy and its responsibilities are described. It also includes applications of molecular pharmacognosy.

Keywords:Nutrition; Molecular Pharmacognosy; Molecular Makers; Chinese Medicinal Products

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Citation: Firoj A Tamboli., et al. “Molecular Pharmacognosy and Nutrition: Unlocking Bioactive Compounds for Human Health"Acta Scientific Nutritional Health 9.6 (2025): 51-57.

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