PHAR 232           1 Credit Hour

PHYTOCHEMISTRY

This information is for second semester 2017/2018 academic year

Teachers responsible

Dr. J.A Sarkodie

Dr. E. Oppong Bekoe

Dr. Cindy Asare   

Dr. Nana Ama Mireku-Gyimah

Availability

This course is available open to all visiting students but only as a second semester course.

Course content

The course will introduce students to medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites as potential therapeutic agents.  It will develop students’ awareness of the diversity of the active constituents in relation to their chemical structures, nature and sources. This will enable them to appreciate the pharmaceutical importance of the active constituents of official drugs and their local substitutes.

Teaching

One-hour lecture, twice a week.

Formative coursework

There will be a practical Interim Assessment, Lab Report and End of Semester Practical Exams.

Indicative reading

BUSIA, K. Fundamentals of Herbal Medicine Vol 1 and 2, Xlibris, 2016, ISBN: 978

1-5245-9284-4

WILLIAM CHARLES EVANS and DAPHNE EVANS Evans' Pharmacognosy, W B

Saunders, Philadelphia 2009, ISBN: 9780702029332

RAJPAL, V. Standardization of Botanicals: Testing and Extraction Methods of Medicinal

Herbs Vol 1, Eastern Publishers, New Delhi, India. 2002 ISBN: 8190018167, 9788190018166

SHAH B. Textbook of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Elsevier (Division of Reed

Elsevier India Pvt. Limited), 2009 ISBN: 8131222985

HARBORNE J. B. Phytochemical Methods: A Guide to Modern Techniques of Plant

Analysis, Springer,1998 ISBN: 0412572605

EVANS, W.C., EVANS. D. AND TREASE, G.E. (2009) Trease and Evans’

Pharmacognosy, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia. ISBN: 9780702029332

Assessment and Grading

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