Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
22.5 h + 15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Leclercq Joëlle; Quinet Muriel;
Language
French
Prerequisites
biology
Co-requis : botanical introduction to pharmacognosy (part 1)
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Co-requis : botanical introduction to pharmacognosy (part 1)
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
- Notions of evolution and of morphology
- Basic knowledge on the major classes of active metabolites of vegetable origin
- Systematic study of the main families containing plants used in pharmacy or toxic ones
- Techniques of improvement of healing plants and optimization of the yields
- Basic knowledge on the major classes of active metabolites of vegetable origin
- Systematic study of the main families containing plants used in pharmacy or toxic ones
- Techniques of improvement of healing plants and optimization of the yields
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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The student, at the end of this course, will have enough knowledge to recognize and identify plants, and particularly those which are important in the pharmaceutical field (medicinal plants, toxic plants) to - prevent and recognize poisonings and identify the causes, - verify the identity of plant-based drugs he will deliver or expertise in the exercise of his profession, - follow with fruit the course of pharmacognosy and understand the notions of biosynthesis and chemotaxonomy. - He will also have acquired basic knowledge on the major classes of plant active metabolites. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
· reproduction of plants
- Modes of reproduction, developmental cycles
- morphology of reproductive organs (inflorescences, flowers, fruits, seeds)
- The various branches of the Plant kingdom: description, use, cycles
· Angiosperms (flowering plants)
- systematics, main families, medicinal species, uses, active ingredients
· techniques of yield improvement
- active molecules from vegetable origin
· practical classes: plant identification (microscopic examination of slices and whole plant botanical identification - systematics) and realization of a herbarium
- Modes of reproduction, developmental cycles
- morphology of reproductive organs (inflorescences, flowers, fruits, seeds)
- The various branches of the Plant kingdom: description, use, cycles
· Angiosperms (flowering plants)
- systematics, main families, medicinal species, uses, active ingredients
· techniques of yield improvement
- active molecules from vegetable origin
· practical classes: plant identification (microscopic examination of slices and whole plant botanical identification - systematics) and realization of a herbarium
Teaching methods
Theoratical courses and practical courses allowing to identify a local plant and realise herbarium samples
Evaluation methods
written exam for the theoretical part. Realization of a herbarium and practical exam
Online resources
notes de cours sur Moodle
site Biologie végétale.be
site Biologie végétale.be
Bibliography
La Flore de la Belgique (Jacquemart et al 2018) est utilisée comme base pour l'identification botanique. Les notes de cours sont disponibles sur Moodle.
Teaching materials
- notes de cours sur Moodle
- Jacquemart AL, Descamps C. Flore écologique de Belgique. Editions Erasme
Faculty or entity
FARM
