Chemistry of Herbs

Data

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

Course director

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
Prerequisites:

-

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.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars