| Course Contents |
| Botanical properties and cultivation methods of plants used for medicine and dyeing, introduction of active ingredients (alkaloid, glycoside etc.) of plants, teaching and use of obtaining methods |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Introduction to the history of herbal medicines. General information about traditional folk medicine and pharmaceutical forms of medicine. |
lecture, question and answer |
| 2 |
Herbal medicine preparation methods; decoction infusion, maceration, tinctures, extracts, syrups, ointments, herbal powder and tablets, medicated oil, poultice and compress |
lecture, question and answer |
| 3 |
Legal regulations on herbal medicines and its importance for monograph, pharmacopeia and pharmacy |
lecture, question and answer |
| 4 |
Secondary metabolites in plants and their properties. |
lecture, question and answer |
| 5 |
Secondary metabolites in plants and their properties. |
lecture, question and answer |
| 6 |
Analysis methods of secondary metabolites. |
lecture, question and answer |
| 7 |
.Antioxidants, antioxidant-containing herbs and antioxidant capacity analysis. |
lecture, question and answer |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
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| 9 |
Plants with antimicrobial effect. Antimicrobial effect analysis |
lecture, question and answer |
| 10 |
Plant essential oils and their medicinal properties. |
lecture, question and answer |
| 11 |
Systematics of plants used in herbal medicines |
lecture, question and answer |
| 12 |
Botanical features and cultivation of plants used in medicine |
lecture, question and answer |
| 13 |
Botanical features and cultivation of plants used in medicine |
lecture, question and answer |
| 14 |
Botanical features and cultivation of plants used in medicine |
lecture, question and answer |
| 15 |
Botanical features and cultivation of plants used in medicine |
lecture, question and answer |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Türkiye Bitkileri Geleneksel İlaç Rehberi, Tuzlacı E., İstanbul Tıp Kitabevleri |
| 2 |
Tıbbi ve Aromatik Bitkiler Bilimi ve Teknolojisi, Baydar H., Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
| Projector, laptop, vegetable oils, herbal drugs, glass general laboratory equipment. |