Ethnopharmacobotany

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

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. Ethnopharmacological data of the Ancient Times (Egypt, Mesopotamia). - Papp Nóra
• 2. Ethnopharmacological data of the Ancient Times (Egypt, Mesopotamia). - Papp Nóra
• 3. Ethnobotanical studies of the Native Indian populations of North, South and Central America (Cuba, Mexico). - Papp Nóra
• 4. Ethnobotanical studies of the Native Indian populations of North, South and Central America (Cuba, Mexico). - Papp Nóra
• 5. Ethnopharmacology of the ancient cultures of Iran, China, India, Tibet, Japan. - Papp Nóra
• 6. Ethnopharmacology of the ancient cultures of Iran, China, India, Tibet, Japan. - Papp Nóra
• 7. Ethnopharmacological values of the African countries - Papp Nóra
• 8. Ethnopharmacological values of the African countries - Papp Nóra
• 9. Ethnopharmacology of the Mediterranean region (Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy). - Papp Nóra
• 10. Ethnopharmacology of the Mediterranean region (Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy). - Papp Nóra
• 11. Ethnopharmacological data from the Middle Ages: therapy and medicinal plants in monastery gardens. - Papp Nóra
• 12. Ethnopharmacological data from the Middle Ages: therapy and medicinal plants in monastery gardens. - Papp Nóra
• 13. Transylvanian ethnobotanical values. - Papp Nóra
• 14. Transylvanian ethnobotanical values. - Papp Nóra
• 15. Ancient medico-botanical and herbal books and written sources with the morphological and therapeutical description of medicinal plants. - Papp Nóra
• 16. Ancient medico-botanical and herbal books and written sources with the morphological and therapeutical description of medicinal plants. - Papp Nóra
• 17. Scientific activity and curriculum vitae of ethnobotanists. - Papp Nóra
• 18. Scientific activity and curriculum vitae of ethnobotanists. - Papp Nóra
• 19. Written test I. - Papp Nóra
• 20. Written test I. - Papp Nóra
• 21. Interactive lecture: analysis and elaboration of scientific articles published in international journals and books based on the knowledge and view of the previous lectures. - Papp Nóra
• 22. Interactive lecture: analysis and elaboration of scientific articles published in international journals and books based on the knowledge and view of the previous lectures. - Papp Nóra
• 23. Methodologies in ethnobotanical collection. - Papp Nóra
• 24. Methodologies in ethnobotanical collection. - Papp Nóra
• 25. Documentation of ethnobotanical data - case studies - Papp Nóra
• 26. Documentation of ethnobotanical data - case studies - Papp Nóra
• 27. Written test II. - Papp Nóra
• 28. Written test II. - Papp Nóra

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

http://aok.pte.hu/en/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/1640

http://gytk.pte.hu/en/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/1640

Lectures 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.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars