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Course code: NBSS20171f10Semester: 2010/2011 winter
Name: Biologically active compounds of plant origin
Major: Biotechnology
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Antoni Szumny
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Student get knowledge about chemical structures, properties and utility of main chemical compound with plant-origin. Methods of isolations, connections between chemical structures and pharmacological properties are presented. Chemical composition of main pharmacognostic materials and spices are introduced. Students get acquainted with most important structure – elucidation analyses e.g. GC, GC-MS, NMR.
Competences: Student should know the possibilities of obtaining, analysis and utilities of main pharmacognostic sources. Should determine biological properties of selected compounds, especially with influence on human body. Student is able to describe a properties of natural compounds as a dietary supplements and parapharmaceuticals.
Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry
Course content: Natural compounds: classification, occurrence and utilities. Methods of natural products isolation. Shikimic acid derivatives – phenylopropanoids and tannins. Antocyanes and flavones – occurrence in nature and biological properties. Phenolic compounds – quinines and coumarines. Sulfur containing compounds and cyanogenic glycosides. Alkaloids: classification, structures and using in medicine. Modern natural plant protected compounds. Pheromones – classification and utilities. Herbs used as spice – utilities and chemical composition of most important essential oils. Natutal compounds in daily using compounds. Natural compound applied in industry. Methods of natural products isolation.
Recommended literature: 1. Medicinal Natural Products, Paul M. Dewick, John Wiley and Sons, LTD 2002 2. Chirality in Agrochemicals, edited by N. Kurihara an J. Miyamoto, John Wiley and Sons, LTD 1998 3. Bioactive compounds from plants, John Wiley and Sons, LTD 1990.
Assessment methods: Oral exam, minimal level of knowledge required to pass the course is 60%.
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