Pharmacognosy

Major: Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy
Code of subject: 6.226.00.O.063
Credits: 5.00
Department: Technology of Biologically Active Substances, Pharmacy and Biotechnology
Lecturer: associate professor, Ph.D. Iryna Hubytska
Semester: 6 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: • know the chemical composition of medicinal plants and the factors that cause it to change; • know the basics of environmental management and protection of natural resources; • be able to gather, primary processing and drying of medicinal plants; • know the basics of pharmacognostic analysis; • be able to conduct a qualitative and quantitative analysis of medicinal plants according to standard documentation methods.
Required prior and related subjects: Prerequisites: Medical Botany, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry Co - requisites: Natural raw materials preparation technology, Pharmacology, Phytotherapy.
Summary of the subject: Pharmacognosy, objectives and importance. Classification of raw medicinal plants (RMP), depending on the composition of biologically active substances. The variability of the chemical composition of medicinal plants. Scientific basis blanking process. Standardization of RMP. Normative and technical documentation. General methods pharmacognostical analysis. RMP containing fats and fatty oils; vitamin raw materials; medicinal plants and raw materials containing essential oils, alkaloids, glycosides, saponins, flavonoids, phenolic compounds and glycosides, coumarin, tannins. Raw pharmaceutical materials of animal origin, snake venom, apitoxin, fresh-water sponge. Classification, chemical composition, application in pharmacy.
Assessment methods and criteria: • written reports on laboratory works, oral questioning (20 points); • final control – 80 points (control measure - exam): written-oral form.
Recommended books: 1. В.М.Ковальов, О.І.Павлій, Т.І.Ісакова. Фармакогнозія з основами біохімії рослин, Харків, Вид-во «Прапор», 2000. 2. Солодовниченко Н.М., Журавльов М.С., Ковальов В.М. Лікарська рослинна сировина та фітопрепарати. Харків, Вид-во НФАУ, 2001. 3 .І.А.Бобкова, Л.В.Варлахова, М.М.Маньковська.Фармакогнозія. Київ, Медицина, 2010. 4. Л.В.Бензель, Р.Є.Дармограй, П.В.Олійник, І.Л.Бензель. Лікарські рослини і фітотерапія, Київ, Медицина, 2010.