Pharmacognosy, case studies

Teacher(s)

Leclercq Joëlle;

Language

French
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Prerequisites

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

Bibliographical review and critical evaluation of literature collected on chosen medicinal plants: composition, active molecules (known or potential), critical evaluation of activities in relation with their composition and pharmacological tests described, proposition of a quality control method.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	After this course, students should be able to apply data given in the pharmacognosy course to perform a critical scientific and non scientific bibliographical review on medicinal plants. The aim is to help the student to take an appropriate position on this literature, particularly on active molecules and given indications. They should also be able to propose at least theoretically a quality control monograph.

Content

On the basis of a literature review, the student, alone or in small groups, will perform a critical study of a document on a medicinal plant and will propose a monograph to control its quality. A written document should be prepared and will be discussed with the teacher.

Teaching methods

personal or group critical work

Evaluation methods

Continuous evaluation on the basis of work to be carried out (oral presentation)

Online resources

on Moodle platform

Teaching materials

• accès à bases de données

Faculty or entity

FARM