Pharmaceutical Botany II - GAF338
Title: Pharmaceutical Botany II
Guaranteed by: Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany (16-16230)
Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2024 to 2024
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:written
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:42/28, C+Ex [HS]
Capacity: unlimited / 50 (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
Guarantor: doc. PharmDr. Jakub Chlebek, Ph.D.
Co-requisite : GAF337
Incompatibility : GAF126
Interchangeability : GAF126
Is pre-requisite for: GAF035
Examination dates   SS schedule   
Annotation -
The teaching of Pharmaceutical Botany II is focused on the pharmaceutically important taxa of fungi, lower plants (Cyanophyta, Algae, Lichens, Bryophyta), Pteridophytic plants, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Students are acquainted with the systematic classification of these plants, their brief description, content and importance in the current pharmacy. The course emphasizes the characteristic features and elements of knowledge of these plants, which will help the students to orient themselves when necessary when consulting. In the taxa list, attention is paid to Asian plants, which have become increasingly important in the European and Czech Pharmacopoeia.
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Course completion requirements -

The credit in the summer semester consists of 3 parts:

a) satisfactory two continuous tests from "List of the important plant species and their main metabolites 2024/2025"(2x 25 plants),

b) satisfactory test from practical classes,

c) 100% attendance at practical classes.

The exam consists of two parts:

1) Practical part:

knowledge of 15 living medicinal plants in the glasses which were selected from the "List of Medicinal Plants for Practical Testing of Pharmaceutical Botany"

2) Theoretical part:

Written form; the test contains 43 questions in part of the quiz character (1 is correct), partly the descriptive character (1-3 words), together with a table containing 20 medicinal plants where students must fill in their family names and main metabolites.

 

Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (14.02.2025)
Literature -

Recommended:

  • Gontova T. M. et al.. Pharmaceutical Botany. : , , s. ISBN 978-966-673-187-9.

Last update: prepocet_literatura.php (19.09.2024)
Teaching methods -
Lectures, practical classes in a microscopic laboratory, practical classes from knowledge of pharmaceutically and toxicologically important plants in the garden of medicinal plants.
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (21.02.2022)
Syllabus -

Plant systematics

Lectures:

Introduction to plant taxonomy.

Fungi: morphology, taxonomic and phytochemical characteristics; pharmaceutically relevant species from divisions Zygomycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.

Lower plants: morphology, taxonomic and phytochemical characteristics of species from Cyanophyta, Algae, Bryophyta, and Lichens; pharmaceutically relevant species.

Pteridophytic plants: morphology, taxonomic and biochemical characteristics; Equisetophyta: morphology, taxonomic and biochemical characteristics.

Gymnosperms: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important gymnosperm families, their genera and species: Ginkgoaceae, Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Taxaceae, Ephedraceae.

Angiosperms, lower dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important families, their genera and species: Schisandraceae, Magnoliaceae, Myristicaceae, Lauraceae, Monimiaceae, Aristolochiaceae and Piperaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important families of the orders Ranunculales and Papaverales, their genera and species: Ranunculaceae, Berberidaceae, Papaveraceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important families of the orders Saxifragales, Fagales and Cucurbitales, their genera and species: Crassulaceae, Grossulariaceae, Paeoniaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, Cucurbitaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important families of the orders Rosales and Fabales, their genera and species: Eleagnaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rosaceae, Urticaceae, Cannabaceae, Fabaceae and Polygalaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important families of the orders Malpighiales, Celastrales, Zygophyllales and Geraniales, their genera and species: Erythroxylaceae, Linaceae, Passifloraceae, Salicaceae, Hypericaceae, Violaceae, Celastraceae, Zygophylaceae and Geraniaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important families of the orders Myrtales, Sapindales and Malvales, their genera and species: Myrtaceae, Onagraceae, Anacardiaceae, Burseraceae, Nitrariaceae, Rutaceae, Sapindaceae and Malvaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of the pharmaceutically important families of the orders Brassicales, Santalales, Caryophyllales and Cornales, their genera and species: Brassicaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Santalaceae, Cactaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Polygonaceae and Nyssaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of the pharmaceutically important families of the orders Ericales, Aquifoliales and Asterales, their genera and species: Ericaceae, Primulaceae, Theaceae, Aquifoliaceae, Asteraceae and Menyanthaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of the pharmaceutically important families of the orders Apiales, Dipsacales and Solanales, their genera and species: Apiaceae, Viburnaceae (Adoxaceae = Sambucaceae), Caprifoliaceae and Solanaceae.

Angiosperms, higher dicotyledons: general characteristics, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important families of the orders Lamiales, Gentianales and Boraginales, their genera and species: Lamiaceae, Verbenaceae, Oleaceae, Pedaliaceae, Plantaginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Orobanchaceae, Apocynaceae, Gentianaceae, Rubiaceae and Boraginaceae.

Angiosperms, monocotyledons: Morphological differences compared to dicotyledons, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically important angiosperm families of monocotyledons and practical importance of selected species: families Acoraceae, Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae, Asphodelaceae, Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Colchicaceae, Melanthiaceae, Smilacaeae, Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae, Poaceae and Zingiberaceae.

 

Practical classes:

Microscopy: cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, lichens.

Microscopy: bryophytes, spore vascular plants, Gymnosperms.

Stereoscopy: Angiosperms (structure of the flowers of pharmaceutically important plant families).

Recognizing of medicinal plants: practical knowledge of pharmatically and toxicologically important plants in the Garden of Medicinal Plants (3x)

Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (31.03.2025)
Learning outcomes

The course Pharmaceutical Botany II builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in the course Pharmaceutical Botany I (GAF337).

The student is familiar with the taxonomy of plants and fungi, and can describe the general, morphological and phytochemical characteristics of pharmaceutically and toxicologically important representatives of cyanobacteria, fungi, lower plants, pteridophytic plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms. After completing practical classes, the student is able to explain morphological differences in the structure of the thallus of lower plants, fungi and organs of higher plants, can describe the structure of flowers and understand flower formulas in pharmaceutically important plant families. After completing 3 seminars in the Garden of Medicinal Plants, the student is able to identify important medicinal/toxic plants from the list of taxa for the practical part of the exam, including recognition between related taxa.

Learning outcomes

Students based on acquired knowledge and skills:

  • are familiar with the taxonomy of plants and fungi, including active knowledge of taxonomic units
  • define the basic types of life cycle of plants and the process of metagenesis (alteration of generations)
  • explain morphological differences in the structure of the thallus of cyanobacteria, fungi and lower plants, the structure of the body and organs of pteridophytic plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms
  • can recognize and describe the basic morphological features (leaf, flower, fruit etc.) of plants from pharmaceutically important families and use them in their identification
  • botanically identify selected important representatives of medicinal and toxic plants
  • knows main metabolites of pharmaceutically important species (cyanobacteria, fungi, and plants)
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (08.05.2025)