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Understanding the definition and material of pharmacognosy science and its applications in therapy and pharmacy, acquainting knowledge of natural drug products, their classification, production, evaluation as well as their general chemistry, and understanding the qualitative and quantitative tests used to evaluate plant material in its crude and powdered status according to pharmacopeia and WHO guidelines for plant-based material.
In addition, this practical course intends to acquaint students with the required practical skills of natural product analysis including herbal sample preparation (drying and grinding), extraction, separation (chromatography; TLC), and characterization. The applications covered include some selected medicinal herbs and their extractives that are rich in various phytochemical groups of primary and secondary metabolism such as sugars, fixed and volatile oils, alkaloids, phenols, terpenoids, etc., particularly covered by the theoretical courses Photochemistry.
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