TECHNOLOGY AND FORMULATION OF HERBAL PRODUCTS

Paola RUSSO TECHNOLOGY AND FORMULATION OF HERBAL PRODUCTS

0712100051
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF6
HERBAL SCIENCE
2020/2021

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
ANNUALE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1TECNOLOGIA DEI PRODOTTI ERBORISTICI (MODULO DI TECNOLOGIA E FORMULAZIONE DEI PRODOTTI ERBORISTICI)
540LESSONS
2FORMULAZIONE E LEGISLAZIONE DEI PRODOTTI COSMETICI (MODULO DI TECNOLOGIA E FORMULAZIONE DEI PRODOTTI ERBORISTICI)
540LESSONS
Objectives
THE MAIN AIM OF THIS TEACHING IS TO PROVIDE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASILAR APPROACHES USED TO PREPARE PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ROUTES OF ADMINISTRATION AND DRUG STABILITY AND BIOAVAILABILITY PROBLEMS. MOREOVER, THE PHARMACEUTICAL LEGISLATION WILL BE DISCUSSED.
THE STUDENT APPLYING THE ACQUIRED SKILLS WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY, FORMULATE, PREPARE, CONTROL AND DISPENSE DIFFERENT PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS, ALSO DESCRIBING THE SPECIFIC ROLE PLAYED BY EACH BULKING AGENT.
Prerequisites
STUDENTS MUST HAVE PASSED ALL THE EXAMS OF THE FIRST COURSE YEAR, AS REQUIRED BY THE DIDACTIC REGULATION.
Contents
THE COURSE ENTITLED "TECHNOLOGY AND FORMULATION OF HERBAL PRODUCTS" CONSISTS OF TWO INTEGRATED MODULES.

SPECIFICALLY, THE FIRST MODULE: "TECHNOLOGY OF HERBAL PRODUCTS" INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING CONTENTS:

"HEALTH-RELATED" PRODUCTS - CLASSIFICATION;CURRENT LEGISLATION; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES (GMPS); GOOD PREPARATION PRACTICES (GPPS_OFFICIAL PHARMACOPOEIA).

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL ASPECTS OF DOSAGE FORM DESIGN.

SOLID DOSAGE FORMS; POWDER PREPARATION AND UNITARY OPERATIONS (GRINDING, MIXING, GRANULATION, DRYING, AND COMPRESSION); FORMULATION AND PREPARATION OF: POWDERS, GRANULATES, TABLETS, COATED TABLETS (CONFETTI AND FILM-COATED TABLETS), CANDY TABLETS, CHEWABLE TABLETS AND CAPSULES.

LIQUID DOSAGE FORMS; UNITARY OPERATIONS (DISSOLUTION AND FILTRATION); FORMULATION AND PREPARATION OF: SOLUTIONS (AQUEOUS, ALCOHOLIC, OILY, GLYCERIN SOLUTIONS), SYRUPS, ELIXIRS, DISPERSED SYSTEMS (COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS AND DISPERSIONS, FLOCCULATED AND DEFLOCCULATED SUSPENSIONS), EMULSIONS.

NOTES ON SEMI-SOLID DOSAGE FORMS FOR CUTANEOUS APPLICATION; RHEOLOGY, OINTMENTS, CREAMS, PASTES, AND GELS.

NOTES ON PRESSURIZED PREPARATIONS, AND SUPPOSITORIES.

THE CONCEPT OF “QUALITY” OF HERBAL PRODUCTS.

LABORATORY EXERCISES FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE MAIN DOSAGE FORMS ANALYZED.
Teaching Methods
LECTURES, LABORATORY PRACTICE, EVENTUAL SEMINARS, GROUPS OF STUDY OR WORK, PROJECT WORK, INTERACTION WITH THE TEACHER AND/OR WITH EXPERTS OF THIS SECTOR.
Verification of learning
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COURSE OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING OUTCOMES OBJECTIVES WILL BE VERIFIED BY PRACTICAL LABORATOTY TEST, AND BOTH A WRITTEN AND AN ORAL EXAM; THE EVALUATION WILL BE EXPRESSED IN THIRTIETHS. IN ORDER TO TAKE THE ORAL EXAM, IT IS NECESSARY TO PASS BOTH THE LABORATORY AND THE WRITTEN EXAM. THE FINAL MODULE MARK MUST BE AVERAGED WITH THE MARK OF THE SECOND MODULE OF THIS COURSE.

- THE PRACTICAL AS WELL AS THE WRITTEN TEST WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT THE END OF THE COURSE; THEY WILL BE AIMED AT EVALUATING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED; THE LABORATOTY TEST WILL BE MAINLY FOCUSED ON THE APPLICATION OF THE GPPS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A HERBAL PRODUCT (PREPARATION METHOD, FU CONTROLS, COMPILATION OF THE PROCESSING SHEET, LABELING ETC.); THE WRITTEN EXAM WILL BE ARTICULATED INTO APPROXIMATELY 20 QUESTIONS (MAXIMUM DURATION: 90 MINUTES).

- THE ORAL EXAM WILL BE AIMED AT EVALUATING THE THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE AUTONOMY OF ANALYSIS, THE ABILITY TO REWORK CONTENTS INTO THE CORRECT FORMAT FOR PROFESSIONAL USE.

THE FINAL EVALUATION WILL BE OBTAINED AS THE MEDIUM OF EACH PARTIAL MARKS.

THE MINIMUM MARKS (18/30) WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WITH A FRAGMENTARY KNOWLEDGE AND A LIMITED CAPACITY TO REWORK THE TREATED CONCEPTS.
THE MAXIMUM MARKS (30/30) WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE A COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHODOLOGIES AND A NOTABLE ABILITY TO REWORK CONTENTS.
THE PRIDE WILL BE ATTRIBUTED ONLY TO STUDENTS WITH A SIGNIFICANT MASTERY OF THE METHODOLOGIES, WITH A HIGH ABILITY TO REWORK THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE.
Texts
MANUALE DELLE PREPARAZIONI ERBORISTICHE, SECONDA EDIZIONE. LIBRO DI FRANCO BETTIOL E FRANCO FRANCESCO VINCIERI (MANUALE DELLE PREPARAZIONI ERBORISTICHE. FITOTERAPICI, FITOCOSMETICI, PRODOTTI ERBORISTICI, INTEGRATORI ALIMENTARI A BASE DI PIANTE – 18 MAGGIO 2017)

PRINCIPI DI TECNOLOGIA FARMACEUTICA. PAOLO COLOMBO, FRANCO ALHAIQUE, CARLA CARAMELLA, BICE CONTI, ANDREA GAZZANIGA, ELENA VIDALE - SECONDA EDIZIONE. CASA EDITRICE AMBROSIANA. ZANICHELLI

ITALIAN OFFICIAL PHARMACOPOEIA XII ED. AND NBP

MATERIAL PROVIDED BY THE TEACHER
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ATTENDANCE: COMPULSORY
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
PLACE: DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY

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