Author: Dr. Jayarama Reddy

Please watch: “Drug Designing| Bioinformatics| CADD| QSAR| Rational Drug Designing| Molecular Docking| NCEs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VylD7_hL9r4 –~– Open Elective Course on Narcotic Plants by Dr. Jayarama Reddy and Dr. Praveen Kumar. A Narcotic is a drug that produces analgesia (pain relief), narcosis (state of stupor or sleep), and addiction (physical dependence on the drug). Psychotropic substances are chemicals that act upon the mind, that is on the conscious or unconscious mental life of an individual. Narcotics include substances that cause stupor, muscular relaxation and a reduction or elimination of sensitivity. Commonly there are 8 categories of Drugs: Stimulants, Inhalants, Cannabinoids, Depressants, Opioids,…