HERBAL PRACTICE

Laura DE MARTINO HERBAL PRACTICE

0712100102
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF6
HERBAL SCIENCE
2018/2019

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
216LAB
Objectives
ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MAIN MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS ALONG WITH METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF PLANT EXTRACTS.
THE STUDENT, APPLYING THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, WILL BE ABLE TO MANIPULATE MEDICINAL PLANTS AND TO PREPARE PLANT EXTRACTS.
Prerequisites
ACQUISITION OF SPECIFIC TARGET IN VEGETAL BIOLOGY, PHARMACEUTIC BOTANY.
Contents
-DRUG AND ACTIVE PRINCIPLES. PHYTOCOMPLEX.
-QUALITY CONTROL OF DRUGS. GENERAL TESTS ON DRUGS. FINENESS OF THE POWDERS AND PARTICLE SIZES. CONTROLS IN ENTRY. SAMPLING.
-MACROSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC EXAMS.
-EXAMINATION OF THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS. LEAF STOMATA AND STOMATAL INDEX. DETERMINATIONS OF: EXTRANEOUS SUBSTANCES, CRUDE FIBER, ASHS, EXTRAIBLE SUBSTANCES, WATER AND VOLATILE SUBSTANCES, BITTERING POWER, HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY, TANNINI, SWELLING INDEX, FOAMING POWER, PESTICIDE RESIDUES, ARSENIC AND HEAVY METALS. DETERMINATION OF MICROORGANISMS. BIOLOGICAL SAFETY TESTS.
-EXTRACTION METHODS AND MAIN TYPES OF EXTRACTORS.
-PREPARATIONS FROM FRESH PLANTS. PREPARATIONS FROM DRIED DRUGS. OTHER TYPES OF ERBORISTIC PREPARATIONS.
-CHROMATOGRAPHY AND ITS GENERAL PRINCIPLES: ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, GEL FILTRATION, ION EXCHANGE.
-THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY.
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 LABORATORY EXERCISES.
BASED ON ACADEMIC REGULATIONS, THE ATTENDANCE TO THE COURSE 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
THE EXAMINATION TESTS ARE INTENDED TO ENSURE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE AIMS OF TEACHING. THE VERIFICATION LEARNING MODALITY OCCUR ONLY THROUGH AN ORAL INTERVIEW. THE CRITICAL AND METHODOLOGICAAL CAPACITIES OF THE STUDENT WILL BE EVALUATED. THE INTERVIEW HAS THE AIM OF VERIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF LESSON TOPICS AND SKILLS EXPECTED. THE EVALUATION TAKES ACCOUNT OF TOTAL LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED; CAPACITY AND SUMMARY OF EXPOSURE, SUITABILITY OF LANGUAGE; LEVEL EXPOSURE; ANALYSIS CAPACITY; EVERYTHING IN RELATION TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM. THE OVERALL DETERMINES THE FINAL VOTE IN THIRTY.
Texts
IT IS RECOMMENDED THE USE OF FOLLOWING BOOKS:

-NOTES OF LESSONS.
-TREASE, EVANS, FARMACOGNOSIA, PICCIN, PADOVA.
-MORELLI, FLAMINI, PISTILLI, MANUALE DELL'ERBORISTA, TECNICHE NUOVE, MILANO.
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