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Technology of Natural Drugs - GAF236
Title: Technology of Natural Drugs
Guaranteed by: Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany (16-16230)
Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2024
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: summer s.:written
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:28/14, C+Ex [HS]
Capacity: unlimited / unlimited (20)
Min. number of students: 5
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Explanation: (F 3.r.)
Note: deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: PharmDr. Daniela Suchánková, Ph.D.
In complex pre-requisite: GAF1002, GAF1004
Annotation -
Technology of Natural Drugs deals with procedures and equipment used for processing of medicinal plants and herbal drugs, for the extraction, isolation and purification of pharmaceutically important natural substances, and for the quality control of raw materials and final products. Attention is also paid to pharmacopoeial regulations and principles of good manufacturing practice.
Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Course completion requirements -

exam

Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Literature -

Obligatory:

  • Samuelsson, Gunnar. Drugs of natural origin : a textbook of pharmacognosy. Stockholm: Swedish Pharmaceutical Society, 1999, 551 s. ISBN 9789186274818.
  • EDQM. European Pharmacopoeia 9.0-9.5. Strassbourg: EDQM, 2017, s. ISBN 9789287183330.
  • . . In . český lékopis . Praha: Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2017, s. -. ISBN 978-80-271-0500-7..

Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Teaching methods -

Lectures and practical classes.

Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Requirements to the exam -

To pass credit for practical classes.

Mandatory attendance at lectures by external teachers.

The exam is written. Its content is based on the lectured material and written materials, which are placed for students in the Study Materials on the website of the faculty - Department of Pharmacognosy and pharmaceutical botany - Technology of Natural drugs. The test has 22-25 questions, partly of a quiz nature and partly of a descriptive nature (1-5 words); Each quiz question has 4 possible answers, of which 1-2 are correct.

1) Each correctly ticked answer is scored 1 point.

2) If someone ticks 3-4 of the 4 possible answers to the question, he gets 0 points for this question !!!

Classification

Required % of successful answers

failed

< 65

3

65,01 – 78,00

2

78,01 – 90,00

1

90,01 – 100,00

Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Syllabus -
  • Use and processing of medicinal plants. Natural substances in the therapy.

  • Sources of natural substances.

  • Production of medicinal plants.

  • Factors influencing constituents of herbal drugs.

  • Preservation of medicinal plants.

  • Storage of medicinal plants and herbal drugs.

  • Pests and contamination of herbal drugs; aflatoxins.

  • Quality control of herbal drugs.

  • Technological processing of herbal drugs for their further use. Procedures and equipment for cutting, grinding, and homogenization.

  • Manufacturing of herbal teas. Manufacturing process and quality control.

  • General principles of isolation of substances from plant material. Processing of crude drugs, extraction, concentration, refining, isolation – methods and equipment.

  • Industrial isolation of natural substances – development of an isolation method, manufacturing of simple standardized extracts and refined extracts.

  • Isolation of some pharmaceutically important substances – galantamine, paclitaxel, ergot alkaloids, lanatoside C, digoxin, anthocyanins, and silymarin.

  • Natural substances in modern pharmacy. Secondary metabolites of microorganisms. Drugs produced by means of biotechnological methods. Biopharmaceuticals.

  • Legislation aspects of medicinal plants and food supplements. Medicinal plants in European Union. Regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods. Traditional herbal medicinal products and European Union herbal monographs.

Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Learning outcomes -

The course Technology of Natural Drugs builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in the fields of: Pharmacognosy, pharmacology, anatomy, analytical fields.

After completing the course, students can use the following terms (including their commonly used abbreviations): Czech Pharmacopoeia, regulatory authorities, EMA, FDA, Pharmeuropa, identity tests, purity tests, content determination, impurity, standardized, quantified and other extracts, macerate, infusum, decoctum, tincture, DER, percolation, Soxhlet apparatus, syrup, ...

They know the principles and use of the following methods and processing methods: Percolation, maceration, preservation, decoction, drying, sieve analysis, grinding, crushing and mixing. Methods of control analytical methods.

Learning outcomes: Based on the acquired knowledge and skills, students will:

  • Become familiar with the processing of plant material (collection, preservation, drying and storage) 
  • Acquire knowledge about extraction methods and how to process plant material based on the properties of the ingredients 
  • In practical exercises, they will learn to prepare various dosage forms containing medicinal plants (ointments, syrups, tinctures, extracts, ...) 
  • Learn to design and prepare herbal tea mixtures 
  • Become familiar with the quality control of medicinal plants and their evaluation 
  • Gain insight into the industrial processing of medicinal plants 
  • Become familiar with the legislation concerning medicinal plants 
  • They will also acquire basic knowledge of the use and processing of bee products 
  • As part of the course, they will visit several companies involved in the processing of medicinal plants
Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (22.03.2025)
Registration requirements
To participate in the subject of Technology of natural drugs, it is necessary to complete the subject Pharmacognosy II. The exam of Pharmacognosy II is not a condition.
Last update: Suchánková Daniela, PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
 
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