31567 - Phytoderivative Analysis I

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Moduli: Federico Falchi (Modulo 1) Eleonora Diamanti (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (cod. 8518)

Learning outcomes

The student will learn the principal spectroscopic and chemical methods for the identification of drugs listed in Eur. Pharmacopoeia

Course contents

The course is composed of lessons and laboratory exercises. Students will be introduced to the theory and application of analytical chemistry methods to identify natural products.


Themes:

- Qualitative and quantitative analytical approaches to the identification of herbalist compounds

- Chemical approaches to functional group determination for the identification of herbalist compounds

- Compound solubility, purity and crystallisation

- Physical constants, including melting point, density, refraction, and polarimetry

- IR and UV spectroscopy

- Chromatography

- TLC applied to herbalist and essence oils

Readings/Bibliography

Cavrini, Andrisano. PRINCIPI DI ANALISI FARMACEUTICA - ESCULAPIO.

D'Ischia. LA CHIMICA ORGANICA IN LABORATORIO - PICCIN

Carta, Mamolo et. Al. ANALISI FARMACEUTICA QUALITATIVA - EdiSES

Teaching methods

Theoretical lessons and single-seat laboratory exercises.

Given the types of activities and teaching methods adopted, attendance of this educational activity requires all students (including international students, e.g., ERASMUS) to complete workplace health and safety modules 1, 2, and 3.

You can consult the details of the Modules and the implementation methods on the course website, on the "Formazione obbligatoria salute e sicurezza" page of the "Studiare" section.

Assessment methods

An interview for the theoretical part and an evaluation of the laboratory notebook.

Teaching tools

PowerPoint/PDF slides and analytical chemistry laboratory equipments.

Office hours

See the website of Federico Falchi

See the website of Eleonora Diamanti