TOXICOLOGY OF HERBAL DRUGS

Anna CAPASSO TOXICOLOGY OF HERBAL DRUGS

0712100103
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF6
HERBAL SCIENCE
2024/2025

YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
648LESSONS
ExamDate
GENNAIO05/02/2025
GENNAIO05/02/2025
Objectives
ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AND RELATED MECHANISM OF ACTION OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF DRUGS DERIVED FROM PLANTS.
Prerequisites
IT MUST ACQUIRE OF THE OBJECTIVES ON THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES: BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, BOTANY, ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY
Contents
- INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACOKINETICS: ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION AND ELIMINATION (9 HOURS LESSONS)..
- METABOLISM OF EXOGENOUS SUBSTANCES; PHARMACODYNAMICS (9 HOURS LESSONS)..
- DRUGS ANTHRAQUINONE, CASTOR OIL, ATROPA BELLADONNA AND AMANITA MUSCARIA (6 HOURS LESSONS) (5 HOURS LESSONS).
-MECHANISM PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICITY OF THE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM (6 HOURS LESSONS)..
- NATURAL REMEDIES FOR ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY: ST. JOHN'S WORT; HYPERICIN AND HYPERFORIN; INTERACTIONS (6 HOURS LESSONS).
- PHARMACOKINETIC AND PHARMACODYNAMIC PROPERTIES. TOXICITY IN THE MEDIUM AND LONG TERM (6 HOURS LESSONS).
- DIGITAL AND LANATOSIDI, ACCUMULATION AND TOXICITY. EXOGENOUS CANNABINOIDS, OPIOIDS (5 HOURS LESSONS)..
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL AND INTERACTIVE LESSONS.
THE LESSONS ARE FOR A TOTAL OF 48 HOURS (6CFU).
Verification of learning
THE EXAM INCLUDES A WRITTEN TEST (2 HOURS).
THE WRITTEN TEST CONSISTS OF QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ON THE CONTENTS INDICATED IN THE COURSE PROGRAM SO AS TO ASSERT THE LEVEL OF PREPARATION REACHED BY THE STUDENT.
Texts
B. G. KATZUNG, FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE E CLINICA, III ED. ITALIANA, PICCIN EDITORE.
GOODMAN & GILMAN, LE BASI FARMACOLOGICHE DELLA TERAPIA, IX ED. ITALIANA, ZANICHELLI EDITORE.
FRANCESCO CLEMENTI E GUIDO FUMAGALLI, FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE E MOLECOLARE, UTET EDITORE.
Lessons Timetable

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