Medical Botany

Major: Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy
Code of subject: 6.226.00.O.022
Credits: 6.00
Department: Technology of Biologically Active Substances, Pharmacy and Biotechnology
Lecturer: Associate Professor, Ph. D. Nataliya Stadnytska
Semester: 4 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • know the fundamentals of cytology, anatomy, morphology and systematics of plants • know the basic physiological processes occurred in plants, • elements of plant ecology; • skill set of micro- and macroscopic analysis • skill set of plants identification.
Required prior and related subjects: previous modules: • Educational Level, • Biology and Physiology with Fundamentals of Anatomy, • Latin Language related modules: • Pharmacognosy, • Natural Raw Materials Preparation Technology, • Phytotherapy.
Summary of the subject: Plants are the fundamentals of life on Earth. Botany and its sections. Botany and Pharmacy. Features of the plant cells structure. Plant tissues, their structure and function. The morphological structure of vegetative organs of plants. Morphological structure of the generative organs of plants. Plants reproduction. Elements of Plant Physiology. Systematics as a biological science. General description and typical representatives of the kingdom of Fungi, Algae, higher spore plants, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Elements of plant ecology.
Assessment methods and criteria: •reports from laboratory work, oral questioning; workshops, ongoing tests, software knowledge of plants (40 points) • final evaluation (control measure - examination), written-oral form – 60 points
Recommended books: 1. Сербін А.Г., Сіра Л.М., Слободянюк Т.О. Фармацевтична ботаніка. Підручник /Під редакцією Л.М. Сірої.- Вінниця: НОВА КНИГА, 2007.- 488 с. 2. Довідник з біології. За ред. акад. НАН України Ситника К.М. К.: Наукова думка, 1998. – 688 с. 3. Солодовниченко Н.М., Журавльов М.С., Ковальов В.М. Лікарська рослинна сировина та фітопрепарати. Харків, Вид-во НФАУ, 2001.