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PHAR0352-1  Phytotherapy and food supplements containing herbs,
Duration :  10h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Pharmacy, Professional Focus in pharmacy practices, advice and follow-up , 2nd yearFirst semester2
Holder(s) :  Monique Tits
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Classification of phytomedicines and herbal remedies according to their principal therapeutic use
Course objective :  Quality, safety and efficacy of some herbal remedies selected among the monographs of ESCOP and WHO and the lists of Royal and Ministerial Decrees on the manufacture and marketing of Drugs and Foodstuffs containing plants or plant preparations published in the Belgian Law Gazette







The part of food supplements containing fibers , omega-3 acids...)in preventing cancers and cardio-vascular diseases will be approached as well the interest of some nutriments (vitamins, minerals, trace elements, aminoacids..).Data about Belgian and European legislation will be given.
Prerequisites :  Pharmacognosy- pharmacology- pathology-nutrition
Organization :  Half-year 9

Monday:14.00-15.00

Room 3/67 of the Pharmaceutical Institute
Written notes :  Lecture notes and power-point data will be distributed to students
Assessment :  Written and /or oral examination
Contacts :  Monique Tits Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie Av. de l'hôpital 1, B-4000 Liège CHU Tour 4, niveau +3 (B36) Tél 04/366 43 34 - 43 31 Fax 04/366 43 32 E-mail : M.Tits@ulg.ac.be
Remarks :  Reference books:

« Pharmacognosie- Phytochimie, Plantes médicinales »,2e Edition, Bruneton J. Ed. Tec et Doc- EM Inter , Paris 1999 (1136 pages)

[ « Phytothérapie - Les données de l'évaluation » Bruneton J. Ed. Tec et Doc- EM Inter , Paris 2002 ( 256 pages)

[ « Plantes thérapeutiques, tradition, pratique officinale, science et thérapeutique » Wichtl M., Anton R. Ed. Tec et Doc- EM Inter, Paris 2003 (788 pages)

[ OMS/ WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants Volume 1 and 2 (monographies accessibles sur le site internet de l'OMS  :http://www.who.int/medicines/library/trm/medicinalplants/monograph

[ ESCOP Monographs, 2e Edition, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 2003 (556 pages)


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