TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	3
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Semra Kurucu Professor Arif Ahmet Başaran
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) The definition of pharmacognosy, the importance in pharmacy training, the terminology used in pharmacognosy, the types and importance of different pathways in herbs. 2) the significant medicinal plants and their drugs containing primary metabolites which are important in pharmacy and health system, methods for extraction and common analysis for qualitative and total quantitative determination of these group of metabolites (total sugar, flavonoids, phenolics, tannins etc) from herbal materials, the evaluation of the results and the activities, toxicities and interactions of these herbal drugs 3) important pure primary metabolites, their physicochemical properties, separation and isolation methods, identification and quantification of the pure substances, their activities, safety usage and interactions 4) the specifications of registered medicinal plants and their drugs in various Pharmacopeias and monographs and used for their primary metabolites and the evaluation of the results from the point of conformity 5) noteworthy details of primary metabolites which are used as phytotherapeutics and cosmeceutics, the importance of following recent researches on phytotherapy applications and the evaluation of the recent situation in our country, 6) the importance of scientific investigations of new natural compounds from the point of potential medicine on the basis of traditional herbal remedies. 7) the importance of contribution of team studies in public health to warn public from unconscious and wrong applications in phytotherapy.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Introduction to Pharmacognosy, the scientific and recent information on biogenesis, primary metabolites and some important medicinal plants and their drugs containing primary metabolites, their identification and quantitation methods together with their safely usage in health system, the rational applications on these materials.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Definitions, biogenesis pathways, primary metabolites:carbohydrates (glusides),mono- oligo- and poly-saccarides, 2nd Week Polysaccarides from microorganisms and fungi and related crude drugs. 3rd Week Polysaccarides of higher plants and related crude drugs 4th Week Heterogeneous polysaccarides and related crude drugs 5th Week Lipids and related crude drugs 6th Week Prostaglandins and related crude drugs 7th Week MID-TERM EXAM 8th Week Proteins and enzymes and related grogs 9th Week Phenolics-shikimates and acetates and related crude drugs 10th Week Phenols, phenolic acids and coumarins and related crude drugs 11th Week Polyketides, quinones,antraquinones and related drgs 12th Week Lignans and flavonoids and related crude drugs 13th Week Anthocyanins and related crude drugs 14th Week Tannins, orcinols and related crude drugs
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Tanker M, Tanker N,Farmakognozi Cilt 1-2, Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Yayınları. 2. Tyler VE, Brady LR, Robbers JE Pharmacognosy, Lea and Febriger, Philadelphia, 1981. 3. Bruneton J.,, Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants, Lavoisier Publishing Inc. c-o Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995. 4. Hansel, R.,Sticher, O., Steinegger E. Pharmakognosie and Phytopharmazie. Springer-Verlag, Berlin 1999. 5.Trease and Evans Pharmacognosy, Saunders Elsevier, 16. Baskı, Philadelphia, 2009. 6.TF 7.FFD 8.Text book
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 25 Assignment 1 25 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 12 12 Course hours 14 2 28 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 6 6 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 12 12 Total Workload 103 Total Workload / 30 3,43 ECTS Credits of the Course 3
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No