EFG712 - PLANTS and DRUGS WITH ECONOMICAL IMPORTANCE
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANTS and DRUGS WITH ECONOMICAL IMPORTANCE | EFG712 | 3rd Semester | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Didem SOHRETOGLU, Assist. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem KAHRAMAN | |||||
| Course objective | To inform about habitats, cultivation, botanical features of economic plants, especially medicinal plants, in Turkey and in world and their product's content and usage | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Botanical features, habitats, cultivation regions, soil properties of cultivation area, primary and secondary products and usage of economically important plants used as foodstuff, drug raw material and natural dye | |||||
| References | 1. Baytop,T., Türkiye'de Bitkilerle Tedavi Nobel Tıp kitabevleri ,İstanbul,1999. 2. Leistner E., S.W. Breckle., Pharmazeutische Biology I Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, 1988. 3. Hill, A.F. Economic Botany, A textbook of useful plants and plant products McGraw-Hill Boom Company 1952. 4. Evans, W.C., D. Evans. Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy 15 th edition, Saunders Elsevier Limited, 2002. 5. Recent scientific literatures | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | General information about economic plants and their drugs |
| Week 2 | Tropical fruit plants,their botanical features and products |
| Week 3 | Tropical fruit plants,their botanical features and products |
| Week 4 | Tannin containing economic plants and drugs |
| Week 5 | Dyestuff and pigment containing plants and their products |
| Week 6 | Lipids containing plants and their products |
| Week 7 | Vegetable fat and wax containing plants and their products |
| Week 8 | Cereal plants which are used as foodstuff and important in pharmacy and their botanical features,habitats |
| Week 9 | Cereal plants which are used as foodstuff and important in pharmacy and their products |
| Week 10 | Vegetables and their botanical features, habitats, products and usage |
| Week 11 | Fruits and their botanical features, habitats, products and usage Plants are used as beverage, and their botanical features, habitats and products |
| Week 12 | Essential oils containg plants and their botanical features, habitats, products, usage |
| Week 13 | Essential oils containg plants and their botanical features, habitats, products, usage |
| Week 14 | Other plants , especially used in textiles industry, and their botanical features, habitats, products |
| Week 15 | Preparation for final exam |
| Week 16 | FINAL EXAM |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 28 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 50 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 31 | 85 | 150 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Able to identify, analyze, and assess biological effects of natural-sourced drugs and materials. | X | ||||
| 2. Able to access current scientific Pharmacognosy information proficiently. | X | ||||
| 3. Able to master the biosynthetic pathways, chemical structures, classification, chemical and biological properties, diagnosis, and quantification of primary and secondary metabolism products in natural resources. | X | ||||
| 4. Able to perform and interpret various analyses on natural compounds. | X | ||||
| 5. Able to extract, purify, and characterize new or known compounds. | X | ||||
| 6. Able to assess biological effects of natural extracts and compounds. | X | ||||
| 7. Able to access natural resources responsibly, with environmental awareness | X | ||||
| 8. Able to advise health institutions and patients on public health matters. | X | ||||
| 9. Able to conduct ethical pharmacognostical studies, adhering to laws. | X | ||||
| 10. Able to utilize and evaluate information from reference sources effectively. | X | ||||
| 11. Able to inform the public about natural products through media. | X | ||||
| 12. Able to develop healthcare quality improvement policies addressing health issues. | X | ||||
| 13. Able to utilize natural product knowledge to enhance societal health. | X | ||||
| 14. Able to integrate pharmacognosy with other disciplines to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 15. Able to provide scientific consultancy on natural products to relevant industries. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest