Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025
Course director
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Bóna Ágnes
assistant professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 24 hours
practices: 0 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 24 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OXF-GNK-h-T
- 2 kredit
- General Medicine
- Optional modul
- both
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Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 10
Topic
Since time immemorial, people have tried to find medications to alleviate pain and cure different illnesses. The continuous and perpetual interest in medicinal plants has brought about modern and sophisticated fashion of their processing and usage. Herbs contain several different phytochemicals. Some of these are pharmacologically active and are used in foods, cosmetics and medicaments. With the increase in the popularity of alternative medicine, many herbal products have become available. The aim of the course is to find the relationship between the chemical structure and physiological effect of different biologically active compounds found in medicinal herbs.
Lectures
- 1. Introduction - Bóna Ágnes
- 2. Introduction - Bóna Ágnes
- 3. Foundations of phytochemistry - Bóna Ágnes
- 4. Foundations of phytochemistry - Bóna Ágnes
- 5. Phenols and tannins - Bóna Ágnes
- 6. Phenols and tannins - Bóna Ágnes
- 7. Glycosides - Bóna Ágnes
- 8. Glycosides - Bóna Ágnes
- 9. Polysaccharides - Bóna Ágnes
- 10. Polysaccharides - Bóna Ágnes
- 11. Terpenoids and saponins - Bóna Ágnes
- 12. Terpenoids and saponins - Bóna Ágnes
- 13. Oils and resins - Bóna Ágnes
- 14. Oils and resins - Bóna Ágnes
- 15. Alkaloids in medicinal plants - Bóna Ágnes
- 16. Alkaloids in medicinal plants - Bóna Ágnes
- 17. High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation of herbal constituents - Bóna Ágnes
- 18. High pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) separation of herbal constituents - Bóna Ágnes
- 19. Mass spectrometric (MS) analysis of herbal constituents - Bóna Ágnes
- 20. Mass spectrometric (MS) analysis of herbal constituents - Bóna Ágnes
- 21. Written exam - Bóna Ágnes
- 22. Written exam - Bóna Ágnes
- 23. Consultation - Bóna Ágnes
- 24. Consultation - Bóna Ágnes
Practices
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Lectures will be available on Teams.
Notes
Recommended literature
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
Written exam on the 11th week.
Mid-term exams
Written exam on the 11th week, the make up of the exam is not possible.
Making up for missed classes
The make up of the course is not possible.
Exam topics/questions
No exam in the exam period.