Minia University
Faculty of Pharmacy
Pharmacognosy Department
Course Specification 2019-2020
Medicinal Plants; PG 101 (Clinical Pharmacy)
A- Basic Information
Programme(s) on which the course is given: Bachelor of Pharm D (Clinical Pharmacy) Department responsible for offering the
course:
Pharmacognosy Department Department responsible for teaching the
course:
Pharmacognosy Department
Academic year: Level one -1st Semester
Course title and code: Medicinal Plants (PG 101)
Credit hours: Lecture: 2 hrs/week (24 hrs/semester)
Practical: 1 hr/week (12 hrs/semester) Total: 36 hrs/semester
Course Coordinator: Dr. John Refaat
B- Professional Information 1 - Overall Aim of the Course
The course provides students with necessary knowledge concerning morphological, histological and taxonomical aspects of medicinal plants, as well as the production of various natural products and the different classes of secondary metabolites.
2 - Competency- Based NARS
Domain 1: Fundamental knowledge
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
1.1. Understand the fundamental terms and definitions related to medicinal plants.
1.2. Recognize the fundamentals of medicinal plants production, including: cultivation, collection, storage, drying and adulteration.
1.3. Describe the effects of ecological factors on the active constituents.
1.4. List the different classes, chemical tests and uses of active constituents of medicinal plants.
Domain 2: Professional and ethical practice
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
2.1. Learn how to use microscope properly.
2.2. Use the microscope in detection of different plant tissues.
2.3. Use the microscope in identification of dusting powders.
2.4. Apply legal, ethical and professional rules in supply of medicinal plants.
2.5. Differentiate between different classes of active constituents chemically.
2.6. Prepare research projects with suitable conclusions and recommendations.
2.7. solve certain problems concerning production of medicinal plants.
Domain 3: Pharmaceutical care
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
3.1. Differentiate between correct and wrong data about medicinal plants.
3.2. Have an overview on the pharmacological properties of medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites.
Domain 4: Personal practice
By the end of this course, the student will be able to:
4.1. Work effectively either independently or in team in a limited time frame.
4.2. Enhance leadership and decision-making skills.
4.3. Adopt critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
4.4. Demonstrate creativity, social tolerance and ethical commitment.
4.5. Improve language, self-expression skills and time management.
4.6. Use information technology skills and proper media for effective presentation.
4.7. Practice self-learning and self-evaluation for continuous improvement of professional knowledge and criticism.
4.8. Search for reliable information from different resources about medicinal plants.
3- Course Contents
Topics Total
No. of hours
Tutorial / Practical
Lecture
A- Lecture topics
General Introduction and classification of the plant kingdom
4
Plant cell structure 4
Different tissues of plants 4
Production of medicinal plants (cultivation, collection, storage, drying and adulteration)
4 Natural products:
a- Reserved food materials b- By-products
c- Active constituents
6
Powders of natural occurrence 2
B- Practical topics
Introduction of pharmacognosy and starches 2 Dusting powders (Talc, chalk, diatoms,
lycopodium, lupulin and kamala)
1
Plant tissues 1
Types of stomata and introduction of leaves 1
Types of hairs 1
Calcium oxalates and introduction of stems 1
Introduction of barks, roots and rhizomes 1
Introduction of flowers 1
Introduction of seeds and fruits 1
Active constituents of plants 1
Revision 1
Total 36 12 24
4- Teaching and Learning Methods:
. 4.1- Lectures (tools: board, projector).
4.2- Practical sessions (reagents, glassware) 4.3- Written essays (library, internet).
4.4- Team working
5- Student Assessment Methods:
5.1- Written exam.
5.2- Practical exam.
5.3- Oral exam.
5.4- Periodical exams
Assessment Schedule
Assessment 1 Periodic exams Week 6
Assessment 2 Practical exam Week 13
Assessment 3 Oral exam Week 14/15
Assessment 4 Final written exam Week 14/15
Weighting of Assessments
Periodical examination 15 % Final-term Examination 50 % Oral Examination 10 % Practical Examination 25 % Other types of assessment %
Total 100 %
6- List of References
1- Course Notes: Printed PowerPoint Slides.
2- T.E. Wallis. Text book of Pharmacognosy, Harcourt Brace/Churchill Livingstone; 5th Revised edition, March 1967.
3- Betty P. Jackson, Derek W. Snowden. Powdered Vegetable Drugs. Harcourt Brace/Churchill Livingstone, November 1968.
4- Trease & Evans. Pharmacognosy. W.B. Saunders Company, January 24th 2002.
5- J. Long. The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, Gale Group; 2nd edition, December 2004.
6- K. Peter. Handbook of Herbs and Spices, Woodhead Publishing, August 2012.
7- G. Walch. Biopharmaceuticals. Wiley , 2nd ed. 2003 8- Periodicals: J. of Phytochemistry, J. of Planta Medica 9- Web-sites: http://www.chemweb.com/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
7- Facilities Required for Teaching and Learning
Modern libraries, audiovisual tools, chemicals, cooperative assistants, glassware and instruments
Course Coordinator: Dr. John Refaat
Course members: Dr. John Refaat, Dr. Miada Fouad
Head of Department: Date:
Prof. Dr./ Samar Yehia Desoukey
مسق سلجم رضحم( ىف دامتعلاا مت خيراتب ) ( مقر ةسلج
Matrix I- Coverage of the course CBSs by different topics
Topics
Domain 1:
Fundamental knowledge
Domain 2:
Professional and ethical practice
Domain 3:
Pharma- ceutical
care
Domain 4:
Personal practice
1.1 1.2 1.
3 1.
4
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.
6 2.
7
3.1 3.2 4.1 4.
2 4.
3 4.
4 4.
5 4.
6 4.
7 4.
8
General Introduction and classification of the
plant kingdom
● ● ● ● ● ●
Plant cell structure ● ● ● ● ● ●
Different tissues of
plants ● ● ● ● ● ●
Production of medicinal plants
(cultivation, collection, storage,
drying and adulteration)
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Natural products:
a- Reserved food materials b- By-products c- Active
constituents
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Powders of natural
occurrence ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Matrix II- Coverage of the course CBSs by different learning methods
Teaching and Learning
Methods
Domain 1:
Fundamental knowledge
Domain 2:
Professional and ethical practice
Domain 3:
Pharma- ceutical
care
Domain 4:
Personal practice
1.1 1.2 1.
3 1.
4
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.
6 2.
7
3.1 3.2 4.1 4.
2 4.
3 4.
4 4.
5 4.
6 4.
7 4.
8
Lecture ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Practical ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Matrix III- Measuring the achievement of the course CBSs by different assessment method
Assessment Methods
Domain 1:
Fundamental knowledge
Domain 2:
Professional and ethical practice
Domain 3:
Pharma- ceutical
care
Domain 4:
Personal practice
1.1 1.2 1.
3 1.
4
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.
6 2.
7
3.1 3.2 4.1 4.
2 4.
3 4.
4 4.
5 4.
6 4.
7 4.
8
Written ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Oral ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Practical ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Assignment ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●