Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
- ECZ493 7. Semester 0 + 4 2.0 3.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face to face
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mert İLHAN
Prof. Dr. Ufuk KOCA ÇALIŞKAN
Instructors
Assistants
Goals Recognition of some important medicinal plants by microscopic and identification analysis methods, to have knowledge about purity control of herbal drugs and practice chromatographic and practicing of spectrophotometric analysis of plant extracts are the main objectives of the course.
Course Content
Learning Outcomes - Microscopic analysis
- Analysis of Pharmacopeia of plant materials and pure substances
- Volumetric, gravimetric, spectrophotometric and chromatographic analysis
- Total qualitative analysis of herbal teas
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Demonstration
2. Week Demonstration
3. Week Determination of total ash and ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid of herbal tea samples
4. Week Determination of water content in herbal sugars
5. Week Determination of moisture content in herbal teas
6. Week Analysis of Sennae folium according to European Pharmacopoeia
7. Week Analysis of thymol and menthol according to European Pharmacopoeia
8. Week Midterm exam
9. Week Tests about enzymes and proteic substances
10. Week Tests about proteic substances
11. Week Bitkisel preparatlardaki ekstrelerde toplam flavonoit miktar tayini
12. Week Analysis of natural products by column chromatography
13. Week Total qualitative analysis
14. Week Total qualitative analysis
15. Week Total qualitative analysis
Recommended Sources
• Farmakognozi Cilt-I ve Farmakognozi Cilt- II (Nevin Tanker, Mekin Tanker) -Evans, W. C. (2002). Trease and Evans pharmacognosy. Bailliere Tindall: London.
• Bruneton, J. (1993). Pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, medicinal plants (No. Ed. 2). Technique et Documentation Lavoisier.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 Measurement Method
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Homework 1 10 1 10
Final 1 2 2
Practice 1 10 10
Classroom Activities 14 2 28
Total Workload 51
ECTS Credit of the Course 3.0