31578 - Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy

Academic Year 2011/2012

  • Docente: Ester Speroni
  • Credits: 11
  • SSD: BIO/14
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Ester Speroni (Modulo 1) Ester Speroni (Modulo 2) (Modulo 3)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2) Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (cod. 0914)

Course contents

PHARMACOGNOSY

 Definition of pharmacognosy: general  concepts to  study starting material and substances obtained from plants as concerns  morfology, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicoloy.  Harvesting, and conservation of medicinal plantsQuality controls of plant material.  Identity of sample, origin, macro e micromorphologic examination.  

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