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Course code: NBSS20187f14Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Flavonoids in biotechnology, pharmacy and food industry
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. Edyta Kostrzewa-Susłow
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge Students can describe the structure-activity relationships of flavonoid compounds and can describe the role of flavonoids in living organisms, both in plants and animals. Skills Students have the ability to design biocatalysed reactions of flavonoid compounds and to analyse them with respect to their usefulness in obtaining derivatives of interesting biological properties.
Competences: Students are aware of beneficial health effects of flavonoids and their role in prevention and treatment of lifestyle diseases.
Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry
Course content: Structure and classification of flavonoids. The role of flavonoids in plants. Biological properties of flavonoids. Structure versus antioxidant activity of flavonoids. Assimilation and metabolism of flavonoids. Microbial and enzymatic transformations of flavonoids. Non-natural flavonoids – their application and properties. Complexes of bio-flavonoids and their derivatives with metal ions. Flavonoids as nutraceuticals
Recommended literature: 1.Di Carlo G., Mascolo N., Izzo A.A., Capasso F. (1999) Flavonoids: old and new aspects of a class of natural therapeutic drugs. Life Science, 65, 4, 337-353. 2.Harborne J.B. (1988) The Flavonoids, Chapman and Hall, London, 1988. 3.Harborne J.B.(1997) Ekologia biochemiczna, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa, 1997. 4.Harborne J.B., Baxter H. (1999) The Handbook of Natural Flavonoids, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1999.
Assessment methods: Written exam
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