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Course, academic year 2021/2022
  
   
Chemistry of Natural Compounds: Selected Chapters - M342009
Title: Vybrané kapitoly z chemie přírodních látek
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds (342)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 2020 to 2026
Semester: winter
Points: winter s.:4
E-Credits: winter s.:4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Qualifications:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Drašar Pavel prof. RNDr. DSc.
Interchangeability : N342011
Examination dates   Schedule   
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Annotation -
The course focuses on natural substances and introduces students to their most important representatives from the perspective of both the latest findings in medical applications and other practical uses. For each group of substances, it presents their occurrence in natural materials, biological properties and discusses in detail the synthetic procedures leading to their preparation and modifications. The course also emphasizes modern application methods for imaging the effects of natural substances. The possibilities of analyzing the biological targets of natural substances or drugs are discussed.
Last update: Jurášek Michal (30.01.2026)
Course completion requirements - Czech

Udělení zápočtu je vázáno absolvováním zápočtového testu s výsledkem minimálně 50 %. Předmět je zakončen ústní zkouškou.

Last update: Jurášek Michal (30.01.2026)
Literature -

Obligatory:

  • Dewick, Paul M.. Medicinal natural products, a biosynthetic approach. New York: Wiley, 2001, 507 s. s. ISBN 0-471-49641-3.
  • Wuts, Peter G .M., Greene, Theodora W.. Greene´s protective groups in organic synthesis. Hoboken: Wiley, 2007, 1082 s. s. ISBN 0-471-69754-0.
  • Lüllmann, Heinz, Mohr, Klaus, Hein, Lutz, Wirth, Jürgen. Barevný atlas farmakologie. Praha: Grada, 2007, xi, 372 s. s. ISBN 978-80-247-1672-5.
  • Koolman, Jan, Röhm, Klaus-Heinrich, Wirth, Jürgen, Horáček, Michal, Benešová, Eva. Barevný atlas biochemie, překlad 5. německého vydání. : , , xii, 488 stran s. ISBN 978-80-271-3376-5.

Last update: Jurášek Michal (30.01.2026)
Syllabus -

1. Strategies for using protecting groups

2. Conjugation, bioconjugation and prodrugs of natural compounds

3. Steroid chemistry

4. Natural antineoplastics: Applications and chemistry

5. Natural antibiotics, antivirals and antiparasitics

6. Natural addictive substances and derivatives

7. Natural dyes and fluorescent substances

8. Chemistry of fluorophores and labeled natural compounds

9. Bioorthogonal chemistry in the chemical biology of natural compounds

Last update: Jurášek Michal (30.01.2026)
Learning resources -

Lecture notes.

Last update: Jurášek Michal (30.01.2026)
Learning outcomes -

Students will be able to:

Classify natural substances into individual groups of natural substances.

Identify sources of natural substances with medicinal uses.

Explain the mechanisms of action of clinically used natural substances.

Design synthetic procedures for the required groups of natural substances.

Design probes for studying the mechanisms of action of natural substances.

Provide a basic overview of the uses of individual groups.

Last update: Jurášek Michal (30.01.2026)
Registration requirements -

Chemistry of Natural Compounds I

Last update: Jurášek Michal (30.01.2026)
 
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