TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	4
SEMESTER	Seventh 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) will know the extraction, detection and determination methods of the fractions having nitrogen in their structure from medicinal plants and/or crude drugs; will learn the chemicals, equipments and devices used for these experiments and get the ability of using them. 2) will know the isolation of active compounds having nitrogen in their structure from herbal extracts, their qualitative and quantitative determination methods and will learn the activities of herbal enzymes 3) will know the pharmacopeial and monograph specifications of medicinal drugs and alkaloids and their importance in human health, get the ability of using pharmacopeia methods 4) will learn and apply activity screening methods for penicilline and tetracycline 5) will know the preparation and usage of homeopathics, medicinal teas and phytotherapeutics for human health.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	none
COURSE DEFINITION	Students experimentally learn the extraction methods, qualitative and quantitative methods for some important metabolites in the given herbal medicine materials and compare the results with those of samples used in phytotherapy theoretically. Analysis done with pharmacopeial methods will let them to get information on the requirements of herbal medicines for pharmaceutical usage.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction, theoretical information for the experiments 2nd Week Detection of various alkaloid containing plant powders with microscopy 3rd Week Alkaloid isolation and detection reactions 4th Week Caffeine isolation and detection from waste tea material 5th Week Pharmacopeia Analysis (Caffeine) 6th Week Quantitative determination of total alkaloid content from Cortex Chinae (Phrmacopeia Method) 7th Week Mid term exam 8th Week Determination of Solanaceae alkaloids by colorimetric method 9th Week Analysis of herbal teas (mono, mixed) 10th Week Thin Layer Chromatographic analysis of natural active principles in the preparations. 11th Week Analysis of unknown samples by total qualitative assays- extraction 12th Week Analysis of unknown samples by total qualitative assays- isolation 13th Week Analysis of unknown samples by total qualitative assays- Report of the assays by presentation 14th Week Make up
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Tanker M, Tanker N., Farmakognozi Cilt 1-2, Ankara 2. Tyler VE, Brady LR, Robbers JE Pharmacognosy, Lea & Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Yayınları. Febriger, Philadelphia, 1981. 3. Trease and Evans Pharmacognosy, Saunders Elsevier, 16. Baskı, Philadelphia, 2009. 4. text book 5. recent pub med references
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Soru-Yanıt,Gözlem,Takım/Grup Çalışması,Report Preparation ve/veya Sunma,Experiment,Uygulama-Alıştırma,Problem Solving,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Quiz 1 15 Practice 10 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 0 0 0 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 104 Total Workload / 30 3,46 ECTS Credits of the Course 3
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No