Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2026-2027
Course director
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Papp Nóra
associate professor,
Department of Pharmacognosy -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 28 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 28 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OXFEFA-z-T
- 2 kredit
- Zahnmedizin
- Optional modul
- both semester
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Course headcount limitations
min. 4 – max. 20
Topic
Several written sources are available on the ethnobotanical usage and pharmaceutical history of medicinal plants from the Ancient Times. The course presents a summary about ethnobotanical data focusing on folk therapeutical methods and values of the Mediterranean area, Transylvania, countries of Europe, Asia, America and Africa completed by the scientific activity and curriculum vitae of ethnobotanists and researchers in this topic. Students receive a general approach about the rules and regularity of the special folk terminology, practice, folk customs and symbols in consideration of medicinal plants. In addition to ethnobotanical methods, the actual state, position and necessity of surveys are discussed during the course.
Lectures
- 1.
Ethnopharmacobotany - Introduction
- Papp Nóra - 2.
Ethnopharmacobotany - Introduction
- Papp Nóra - 3.
Ethnopharmacological data in the Ancient Times (Egypt, Mesopotamia)
- Papp Nóra - 4.
Ethnopharmacological data in the Ancient Times (Egypt, Mesopotamia)
- Papp Nóra - 5.
Ethnobotanical studies of Native Indian populations of North, South and Central America (Cuba, Mexico)
- Papp Nóra - 6.
Ethnobotanical studies of Native Indian populations of North, South and Central America (Cuba, Mexico)
- Papp Nóra - 7.
Ethnopharmacology of the ancient cultures of Turkey, Iran, China, India, Tibet, and Japan
- Papp Nóra - 8.
Ethnopharmacology of the ancient cultures of Turkey, Iran, China, India, Tibet, and Japan
- Papp Nóra - 9.
Ethnopharmacological values of African countries, and the Mediterranean region (Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy)
- Papp Nóra - 10.
Ethnopharmacological values of African countries, and the Mediterranean region (Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy)
- Papp Nóra - 11.
Ethnopharmacobotanical values of North, Central, East, and Southeastern Europe
- Papp Nóra - 12.
Ethnopharmacobotanical values of North, Central, East, and Southeastern Europe
- Papp Nóra - 13.
Written test I
- Papp Nóra - 14.
Written test I
- Papp Nóra - 15.
Ethnopharmacological data from the Middle Ages: therapy and medicinal plants in monastery gardens
- Papp Nóra - 16.
Ethnopharmacological data from the Middle Ages: therapy and medicinal plants in monastery gardens
- Papp Nóra - 17.
Ancient medico-botanical and herbal books including medicinal plants
- Papp Nóra - 18.
Ancient medico-botanical and herbal books including medicinal plants
- Papp Nóra - 19.
Ethnobotanical surveys in Transylvania
- Papp Nóra - 20.
Ethnobotanical surveys in Transylvania
- Papp Nóra - 21.
Methodology of ethnobotanical collections, interactive tasks
- Papp Nóra - 22.
Methodology of ethnobotanical collections, interactive tasks
- Papp Nóra - 23.
Data documentation in ethnobotany - case studies and videos
- Papp Nóra - 24.
Data documentation in ethnobotany - case studies and videos
- Papp Nóra - 25.
Written test II
- Papp Nóra - 26.
Written test II
- Papp Nóra - 27.
Evaluation and conclusions
- Papp Nóra - 28.
Evaluation and conclusions
- Papp Nóra
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Lectures and teaching supplements in Neptun / MS Teams.
Notes
Recommended literature
Cunninham A. B.: Applied Ethnobotany. People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation, Earthscan, London, 2002
Ellen, Davi E., Hatfield, G.: Medicinal Plants in Folk Tradition an Ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland, Timber Press, Portland, Cambridge, 2004
Lise Manniche: The Ancient Egyptian Herbal, The British Museum Press, London, 1989
Martin G. J.: Ethnobotany. A Methods Manual, Earthscan, London, 2007
Minnis P. E.: Ethnobotany. A Reader, University of Oklahoma Press, U.S.A., 2000
Moerman, Daniel E.: Native American Ethnobotany, Timber Press, Portland, London, 2010
Paye, Gabriell DeBear: Cultural Uses of Plants, The New York Botanical Garden Press, Bronx, New York, 2000
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Satisfactory fulfilment of 2 written tests based on the lectures.
Absences: according to the Code of Studies and Examinations of the Medical School.
Mid-term exams
The required 2 tests can be retaken or corrected in the course.
Making up for missed classes
Lectures in Neptun / MS Teams.
Exam topics/questions
According to the topics of the course.