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) know microscopic analysis in herbal crude drugs and identify the plants from their anatomic and morphologic properties.: 2) know how to distinguish the right medicinal plant in the powdered plant mixtures by checking the morphological and anatomical properties before appying the plant for medical purposes. 3) know the extraction and isolation methods in primary metabolites of the medicinal plants as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis of total compounds. 4) know isolation and identification procedures of pure primary metabolites and knows the importance of them from safety aspect. 5) know how to search and report natural compounds and herbal medicines by checking pharmacopeia and monographs. 6) know how to study chromatographic and spectroscopic methods in plants and/or plant fractions and compare the results.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	Farmasötik Botanik Uygulamaları
COURSE DEFINITION	Students learn the morphologies and metabolites of main herbal medicines by using microskopic and chemical methods. They can improve their laboratory experience on herbal analysis and can compare the results with the theoretical knowledge. Also experimental analysis using Pharmacopeia methods will let them know the basic requirements in herbal medicines.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Microscopy with various herb powders 2nd Week Microscopy with various herb powders 3rd Week Microscopy with various herb powders 4th Week Microscopical study to detect the unknown herbal material given 5th Week Microscopical study to detect the unknown herbal material given 6th Week Pharmacopeia Analysis with a known material 7th Week Mid term exam 8th Week Primary metabolites and the extraction methods 9th Week Qualitatitive analysis of sugars, 10th Week Extractşon and qualitative analysis of heterosides 11th Week İsolation and determination of fixed oils and some experiments with fixed oils 12th Week Experiments with proteic compounds 13th Week Detection of unknown sample 14th Week Discussion
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Farmakognozi Cilt 1/2, Tanker M, Tanker N, Ankara Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Yayınları. 2. Baytop, A., Bitkisel Drogların Anatomik Yapısı, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1981. 3. Evans, W. C., Trease and Evans Pharmacognosy, 15. Edition, Elsevier Limited, Londra, 2002 4. Turkish Pharmacopeia 5. Notes (text, presentations).
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Gözlem,Takım/Grup Çalışması,Report Preparation ve/veya Sunma,Experiment,Uygulama-Alıştırma,Discussion,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Quiz 1 15 Practice 1 40 Total(%) 55 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 55 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 45 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 1 1 Preparation for Quiz 14 1 14 Individual or group work 14 2 28 Preparation for Final exam 1 12 12 Course hours 0 0 0 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 6 6 Laboratory (including preparation) 14 3 42 Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 0 0 0 Total Workload 105 Total Workload / 30 3,5 ECTS Credits of the Course 3
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No