2025-04-182025-04-18https://203.71.86.71/handle/123456789/183臺北醫學大學有關生藥之研究，起始於民國52年（1963年）。臺北醫學院首任校長徐千田博士遠赴日本京都大學禮聘顏焜熒教授返國，建立植物化學研究室，除負責藥學系生藥學及中藥相關化學課程之教學外，亦是本校生藥相關研究之啟蒙。民國72年，臺北醫學院成立第一所研究所－藥學研究所，招收首屆生藥組碩士班學生。79年12月胡俊弘校長為改制設立醫學大學，擴大藥學院之架構，向教育部提出「生藥學研究所」之申請，80年11月18日奉教育部台 (80) 高 61500字號函核准，並經院務會議通過，成立臺灣唯一以生藥為名之研究所「生藥學研究所」碩士班，第一屆碩士班研究生於民國81年6月正式招生，由顏焜熒教授擔任首任所長。 本所以培育高科技人才，開發天然藥物資源為宗旨，從事天然藥物相關之專業服務與研究，包括臺灣天然資源開發、天然物及其生物活性之系統性探討，中醫藥基因體之探索等，並以結合產業界開發天然藥物資源為教育目標，契合中藥相關業務推動及生物科技產業發展需求。The Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy cultivates outstanding professionals for industry, research and professional practice. Our research focuses on the isolation and structure elucidation of compounds from medicinal herbs, the development of Chinese herbs and functional foods for anti-hypertension, anti-hepatitis, anti-hyperglycemia, anti-cancer and immune regulation. Through cooperation with government and biotechnology industry, the training and practice pharmacognosy has been developed to meet the people’s need and government’s policy. In education, the core value is applying pharmacognosy, crude drugs development and clinical research in Chinese herbal medicine. Students are instructed so they can have the ability to do research on chemical compounds and bioactivity of Chinese herbal medicines as well as possess the skills for isolating and analyzing the structures of compounds from natural products, natural products pharmacology, molecular mechanisms and knowledge associated with applying Chinese herbal medicine to clinical medical needs. After graduation, students seek careers associated with Chinese herbal medicine or biotechnology.Academic Institute