Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Pharmacognosy (Part II), including phytotherapy | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 26h Th, 20h Pr, 4h SEM | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Michel Frederich | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Partim 2 will be subdivided in two parts: 1.reflexions on phytotherapy with a smattering about traditional medicine and informations about recent developments of phytomedicine.Classification according to the main pharmacological effects of these plants.The student will be able to distinguish variuos pharmaceutical forms ( crude drug, extracts, tinctures..)because the amount of active principles varies according to the nature of extraction solvent. 2.The second part of partim 2 will be devoted to the great classics of pharmacognosy: toxic plants that contain alkaloids, cardiotoxic glycosides...that are still used in medicine just as they are or after derivatization |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| To treat the education of pharmacy students thanks to the multidisciplinary field of pharmacognosy: -informations about phytochemical classes and metabolites (active principles mainly);- description of plants used not only in medicine but also in food and cosmetics; -survey of the main toxic plants of our environment; -pharmacological interest and limitations of medicinal plants used in phytotherapy; -specific methods of quality control in pharmacognosy described in European Pharmacopoeia (drugs, extracts, essential oils, fixed oils...)... | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Organic chemistry Analytical Chemistry Biochemistry Botany Pharmacognosy (Partim I) |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Identification of some medicinal plants described in European Pharmacopoeia ( macro- and microscopical examinations) and seminars about their use in medicine Laboratory of pharmacognosy (3d floor of Pharmaceutical Institute)
Schedule: Wednesdays :from February (in series). Attendance during practical work is mandatory. In case of justified non-attendance leading to an attendance rate below 90%, the teachers reserve the right to take any action they judge necessary in order to allow the students to catch up the session(s). |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Half-year 6 | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination about definite matter. Practicals: 10% of total (1st session) in the exception of a deficiency in the theoric final exam. | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Pr. Dr. Michel Frédérich
Fax: 043664332e-mail : M.Frederich@ulg.ac.be(L.Angenot@ulg.ac.be
) Secretary's office: Mrs Bérangère RENAVILLE (Tel.:043664331) Assistantes:Ewa Cieckiewicz ( Tél:043664338) et Allison LEDOUX(Tél :043664336) |
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Items online :
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 | Pharmacognosy vol 3 Phytotherapy |
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| Pharmacognosy II Pharmacognosy II |
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| Pharmacognosy II http://www.droguevegetale.fr/ |
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