Course Title

عقاقير طبية

Course Number

7303306

Instructor Name

نضال جرادات

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2021
First Semester 2020
First Semester 2019

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

هذا المساق يُعطي الطلاب معلومة أولية عن النباتات الطبية وأنواعها، وطرق جمعها، وحفظها، واستعمالها، وأشهر مكوناتها الفعالة ويشمل أيضاً الاسم العلمي للنبات والادويه المصنعه منها.

This course provides the pharmacy students with basic knowledge about medicinal plants mainly n Palestine, in terms of their types, ways of collection and storage, scientific names, parts used, evidence based medical uses of each plant, active constituents, and mode of action, side effects, contraindications, herb drug interactions and their medications in Palestinian Pharmaceutical market.

a-  Knowledge and Understanding:

a.1. To recognize classifications of medicinal plants

a.2. To list the biological sources for each plant.

a.3. To describe the Palestinian medicinal plants.

a.4. To explain the biologically active principles in each plant

part (seeds, fruits, roots and rhizomes)  and their uses

a.5. To identify the medications in Palestine  which made from plants

b- Intellectual Skills.

b.1. To explain the side effect of medicinal plants according to their constituents.

b.2. To apply evidence based medicine for medicinal plants.

c- Professional and Practical Skills:

c.1. To solve problems in case of ingestion of harmful plants.

c.2. To carry out research projects about folk plants remedies

c.3. To write reports about medicinal plants with narcotic effects.

c.4. To demonstrate the herb-drugs interactions and contraindications for patients.

d- General and transferable skills:

d.1. Search Internet data base for medicinal plants.

d.2. Independent  learning

d.3. Appreciate team work in seminar.

TEXT BOOK:

-Trease and Evans Pharmacognosy,2016

REFERENCES

-Published scientific papers.

- Pharmacognosy and pharmacobiotechnology Robbers, J. E., Speedie, M. K., Tyler, V. E., & Tyler, V. E.. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. 2018