PHAR 234           1 Credit Hour

PHYTOCHEMISTRY PRACTICAL

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

In this course, students will apply standard phytochemical tests to establish the chemical identity and evaluate the pharmaceutical potential of medicinal plant products.

Teaching

Three-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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