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Course, academic year 2025/2026
   
Toxicology and Toxicity of Natural Compounds - GLR023
Title: Toxikologie a toxicita přírodních látek
Guaranteed by: Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany (16-16230)
Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2025
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: winter s.:written
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:28/0, Ex [HS]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: doc. PharmDr. Jakub Chlebek, Ph.D.
Annotation -
The course is designed for students of the Master's program of Pharmacy. It identifies both the real and potential toxicity of natural substances occurring in plants, fungi, cyanobacteria, algae and terrestrial and marine animals, especially for humans, but also for some species of domestic animals. In these biological systems it defines toxic compounds, their biological (toxic) effect, the possibility of entering the organism and the image of intoxication. It deals with possible toxic effects both for medicinal plants and for plants that are generally considered to be toxic, as well as for plants found to be toxic compounds based on recent studies. From this point of view, it also describes the toxicity of mushrooms, algae and animals. It also discusses possible undesirable interactions with other substances in the case of ingestion of medicinal plants, fungi, food algae and animals. Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the subject is to provide knowledge about toxic substances originating not only from vegetative material, but also from terrestrial and marine animals, because these organisms are coming closer to the Central European population.
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Course completion requirements - Czech
Písemná zkouška. K úspěšnému složení písemné zkoušky je nutné získat alespoň 60 % možných bodů.
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Literature - Czech

Povinná:

  • Vratislav Hrdina. Radomír Hrdina, Luděk Jahodář, Zdeněk Martinec, Vladimír Měrka. Přírodní toxiny a jedy. Praha: Galén, Karolinum, 2004, s. ISBN 80-7262-256-0.
  • Luděk Jahodář. Rostliny způsobující otravu. Praha: Karolinum, 2018, s. ISBN 978-80-246-4050-1.
  • Vopršalová M., Žáčková P.. Základy toxikologie pro farmaceuty. Praha : Karolinum , 1996, s. ISBN 80-7184-282-6.

Doporučená:

  • Donald G. Barceloux. Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances. Foods, Fungi, Medicinal Herbs, Plants and Venomous Animals.. New Jersey: Wiley, 2008, s. ISBN 978-0-471-72761-3.
  • Olavi Pelkonen, Pierre Duez, Pia Maarit Vuorela, Heikki Vuorela. Toxicology of Herbal Products. Cham: Springer, 2017, s. ISBN 978-3-319-43804-7.
  • Waldemar M. Dabrowski, ZdzislawE. Sikorski. Toxins in Food. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2004, s. ISBN 0-8493-1904-8.
  • Murray L., Little M., Pascu O., Heggett K.. Toxicology Handbook. : Elsevier, 3. vydání, 2015, s. ISBN 9780729542241.
  • T. Acamovic, C.S. Stewart, T.W. Pennycott. Poisonous plants and related toxins. Oxon: CABI Publishing, 2001, s. ISBN 0-85199-614-0.

Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Teaching methods -
The teaching will take place in the form of lectures.
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Requirements to the exam -
Written exam – 25 questions (10 multiple choice, 15 quiz questions). 50% attendance at lectures.
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Syllabus -
  1. Introduction to toxicology
  2. Toxicodynamics
  3. Toxicokinetics
  4. Terpenes
  5. Triterpene and steroidal saponins, steroids, cardenolides and bufadienolides
  6. Phenolic compounds, aromatic nitro compounds (aristolochic acids).
  7. Glycosylated metabolites, acetogenins
  8. Quinolizidine, pyridine, piperidine, tropane, and isoquinoline alkaloids
  9. Indole, quinoline, diterpene, steroid alkaloids, and alkaloids of other structures
  10. Toxic amino acids and proteins (lectins)
  11. Cyanobacterial and algal toxins: purine derivatives, macrolides, cyclic compounds, other toxic substances
  12. Occurrence of toxic substances in some non-European herbal drugs
  13. Unexpected manifestations of toxicity: substitutions, contaminants and decomposition products in medicinal plants, cyanobacteria and algae.
  14. Sensitivity of domestic animals to some toxins (toxic houseplants)
Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
Learning resources - Czech

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Last update: Chlebek Jakub, doc. PharmDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2025)
 
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