VETERINARY BOTANY/PHARMACOGNOSY

Vincenzo DE FEO VETERINARY BOTANY/PHARMACOGNOSY

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DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF6
PHARMACEUTICALS AND NUTRACEUTICALS FOR ANIMALS
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2022
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
648LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE (48 HOURS) AIMS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE MAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR VETERINARY USE AND ON HERBAL DRUGS IN TERMS OF CONTENT IN ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AND THEIR RELATIVE PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL KNOW:
- THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANT CELL, OF THE TISSUES AND OF THE PLANT ORGANS
- THE MAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR VETERINARY USE
- THE MAIN CLASSES OF SECONDARY METABOLITES
- THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF SECONDARY PLANT METABOLITES
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. BY APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED, THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO:
- USE THE MAIN MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR VETERINARY USE IN MAINTAINING THE GOOD HEALTH OF PETS AND IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGIES.
- USE THE MAIN VEGETABLE DRUGS OF VETERINARY INTEREST IN MAINTAINING THE GOOD HEALTH OF PETS AND IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF VETERINARY PATHOLOGIES.
Prerequisites
ACQUISITION OF SPECIFIC TARGETS IN ANIMAL BIOLOGY, VEGETAL BIOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY, HUMAN ANATOMY, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY.
Contents
THE PLANT CELL: 4 HOURS
PLANT TISSUES: 4 HOURS
PLANT ORGANS: STEM, LEAVES AND ROOTS AND THEIR MODIFICATIONS: 4 HOURS
HERBAL DRUGS. ORGANIZED AND UNORGANIZED DRUGS: 4 HOURS
THE MAIN GROUPS OF SECONDARY METABOLITES AND THEIR BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES: 4 HOURS
PLANT SYSTEMATICS: SPECIES, SYSTEMS, NOMENCLATURE: 2 HOURS
ALGAE: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TAXA OF VETERINARY INTEREST: 2 HOURS
FUNGI AND LICHENS: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TAXA OF VETERINARY INTEREST: 2 HOURS
CORMOPHYTES: GENERAL CHARACTERS: 1 O'CLOCK
PTERIDOPHYTES: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TAXA OF VETERINARY INTEREST: 2 HOURS
SPERMATOPHYTES: GENERAL CHARACTERS: 1 O'CLOCK
PTERIDOPHYTES: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TAXA OF VETERINARY INTEREST: 2 HOURS
ANGIOSPERMS: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: 2 HOURS
DICOTYLEDONOUS ANGIOSPERMS: TAXA OF VETERINARY INTEREST: 12 NOON
MONOCOTYLEDONOUS ANGIOSPERMS: TAXA OF VETERINARY INTEREST: 2 HOURS
PRINCIPLES OF ETHNOVETERINARY: 2 HOURS
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING METHOD IS BASED ON LECTURES IN WHICH THE TOPICS OF THE SCHOOLING ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED WITH SLIDES PROJECTED AS GUIDE FOR THE STUDENT AND ON SEMINARS OF MONOGRAPHIC TOPICS.
BASED ON ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, THE ATTENDANCE TO THE COURSE OF PHYTOTHERAPY TO BE CONSIDERED MANDATORY, THE PROCEDURES FOR VERIFICATION OF THE FREQUENCY WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LESSONS.
Verification of learning
ATTENDANCE TO THE COURSE WILL BE EVALUATED WITH ATTENDANCE OF THE CLASSROOM ATTENDANCE.
DURING THE COURSE, AT LEAST ONE SELF-ASSESSMENT TEST WILL BE CARRIED OUT.
THE FINAL ASSESSMENT WILL CONSIST OF AN ORAL ESAMINATION.

Texts
IT IS RECOMMENDED THE USE OF FOLLOWING BOOKS:

-CAPASSO F., GRANDOLINI G., FITOFARMACIA. SPRINGER VERLAG ITALIA, MILANO, 1999.

-SCHULZ, HANSEL, TYLER, FITOTERAPIA RAZIONALE.
More Information

THE COURSE IS TAUGHT IN ITALIAN
THE ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY
LOCATION: DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY
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