Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
ETNOPHARMACOGNOSY	Third cycle	EFG 613		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe BALDEMİR
Lecturer(s)	Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe BALDEMİR
Teaching assitant(s)	PROF. DR. MÜBERRA KOŞAR
Mode of delivery	Theoric- Plain telling
Course objective	The objective of this course is to teach ethnopharmacognosy.
Course description

Course contents

1	Definition and history in ethnopharmacognosy
2	Development of methods in ethnopharmacognosy;
3	Medicine systems, regional therapy systems;
4	Traditional theraphy in Central Asia
5	Therapy with plants in Turkey,
6	Therapy with plants in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Hittit, Greek, Roman and Byzantine era;
7	Therapy with plants in Islamic, Seljuki and Ottoman era,
8	Practice in tropical regions,
9	Plants used for therapy in Anatolia.
10	Importance of ethnopharmacognosy in pharmacognosy
11	Ancient materials used in therapy
12	Ethnoparmacognosic research in Turkey
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Having information about Etnopharmagnosy
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	2	28
Homework	1	30	30
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	20	20
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	3	5	15
Preparation for final exam	1	25	25
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	5	5	25
Total work load			189
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	No
Additional references	Çelebioğlu, S. (1949) Farmakognozi. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.421. Baytop, T. (1986) Farmakognozi Ders Kitabı, Cilt I. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.3399. Baytop, T. (1983) Farmakognozi Ders Kitabı, Cilt II, İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.2003. Wallis, T.E. (1967) Textbook of Pharmacognosy. London: J. A.Churchill Ltd.. Evans, W. C. (2002) Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy, 15th Ed.. Edinburg, UK: W.B.Saunders. Tyler, V. E., Brady, L. R., Robbers, J. E. (1988) Pharmacognosy. Philadelphia: Lea Febiger. Baytop, A. (1991) Bitkisel Drogların Anatomik Yapısı. İstanbul: İstanbul Üniv.Yay.No.3678. Harborne, J.B. (1984) Phytochemical Methods, 2nd Edition. Chapman and Hall. Türk Farmakopesi 1974, T.C.Sağlık ve Sosyal Yardım Bakanlığı Sayı:435, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, İstanbul. British Pharmacopoeia 1998, Volume I- II, The Stationary Office, London, 1998. The United States Pharmacopeia (USP24) / The National Formulary (NF19) 2000 , United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, MD 20852, 1999. European Pharmacopoeia (EP), 5th Edition, Council of Europe, 67075 Strasbourg Cedex, France, 2005. Shellard, E.J. (1958) Exercises in the Evaluation of Drugs and Surgical Dressings. London: Pitman Medical Publishing Co.Ltd

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