PHAR0332-2 : Pharmacognosy (Part II), including phytotherapy

Study Programmes 2016-2017

PHAR0332-2

Pharmacognosy (Part II), including phytotherapy

Duration :

26h Th, 20h Pr, 4h SEM

Number of credits :

Bachelor in pharmacy		5

Lecturer :

Michel Frederich

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

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

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

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...)...

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Organic chemistry Analytical Chemistry Biochemistry Botany Pharmacognosy (Partim I)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Practicals: 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 80%, the teachers reserve the right to take any action they judge necessary in order to allow the students to catch up the session(s).

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Second semester

Recommended or required readings :

Pharmacognosy (Parts 2 and 3) will be published by "Editions de l'ULg" in January 2017 (in French)
Lecture-notes about tutorials and seminars will be available for students
reference books:
J.BRUNETON, "Pharmacognosie, phytochimie, plantes médicinales" pubkished by Tec-Doc, Paris, 2009 - ISBN: 2-7430-0315-4) (An English translation is available)
Herbal Medicines, Fourth edition. Pharmaceutical Press, 2013 (ISBN: 978 0 85711 035 0)

Assessment methods and criteria :

Oral examination about definite matter. Practicals: 10% of total (1st and second session) in the exception of a severe deficiency (<8.0) in the theoric final exam.

Work placement(s) :

Organizational remarks :

Contacts :

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)

Items online :

Pharmacognosy II
Drugs from natural origin

vol 3
Phytotherapy

Pharmacognosy II
http://www.droguevegetale.fr/