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The course is designated to first and second year Bc. students. The aim is to provide insight into the area of plant remedies used both in traditional medicine, e.g. in the form of galenic preparations, as well as plant sources for drug substances isolation. Chemical structures of active compounds are explained at a general level. For understanding, secondary school level of chemistry knowledge is sufficient.
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Students will be able to: Understand basic terms of natural medicines field and galenic preparations Give basic types of pharmacological activities and representative examples of their botanical sources Have an overview of scientific literature in the field of phytopharmacology and etnobotanics Last update: Fialová Jana (18.12.2017)
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A: Wood M.: The Book of Herbal Wisdom: Using Plants as Medicines, North Atlantic Books, 1997 (978-1556432323) Last update: Fialová Jana (18.12.2017)
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Lecture notes Last update: Fialová Jana (18.12.2017)
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1. Historical introduction, basic concepts, literature 2. Drugs and drug forms, mechanisms of effect 3. Alkaloids, alkaloid types, occurrence, isolation 4. Alkaloids - compounds used and misused 5. Monoterpenes, plant essential oil 6. Diterpenes, cytostatics and poisons 7. Triterpenes and plant steroids, carotenoids 8. Cardiac glycosides 9. Saponins, cyanogenic glycosides, glucosinolates 10. Simple phenols, natural preservants and disinfection 11. Flavonoids and lignans, phyto estrogenes 12. Tannins, chinons 13. Plant amino acids and proteins 14. Weed or panacea? Course summary Last update: Fialová Jana (18.12.2017)
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Předmět je zakončen zkouškou, která má písemnou a ústní část. Last update: Fialová Jana (18.12.2017)
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