FaF:F1FF1_12 Herbal Medicinal Products - Course Information
F1FF1_12 Herbal Medicinal Products
Faculty of PharmacySpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PharmDr. Ivana Daňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PharmDr. Ivana Daňková, Ph.D.
Department of Natural Drugs – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Supplier department: Department of Natural Drugs – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy - Prerequisites
- The students should have passed basic subject touching organic chemistry, analytical chemistry, biology, botany, and physiology.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Pharmacy (programme FaF, M-FARM)
- Multidisciplinary studies at Faculty of Pharmacy (programme CST, KOS)
- Course objectives
- Lectures: Include introduction and 14 most commonly used groups of phytopharmaceuticals (acc. to their pharmacological effect). Characteristics of effects of most frequently used drugs in each group. Each group includes subgroup, where the representatives of most common parapharmaceuticals are presented - of similar composition and identical declared effect.
- Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of phytotherapy and phytopreparations and possibilities of their application in practice.
- Syllabus
- 1. Phytopharmaceuticals: definition, legislative status, basic terms. The position of phytotherapy in current medicine. The role of a pharmacist in phytotherapy
2. Application forms of phytopharmaceuticals, mode of administration. Herbal tea preparations.
3. Preparations used to treat some disorders of respiratory system
4. Preparations used to treat some disorders of central nervous system
5. Preparations used to treat some disorders of cardiovascular system.
6. Preparations used to treat some circulatory disorders, venous diseases.
7. Preparations used to treat some disorders of digestive system I: digestives, cholagogues, carminatives, spasmolytics
8. Preparations used to treat some disorders of digestive system II: gastroprotective agents, laxatives, antidiarrhoeal agents
9. Preparations used to treat diabetes. Hepatoprotective agents.
10. Preparations used to treat some disorders of urinary system.
11. Preparations used to treat some gynaecological disorders, preparations for menopause
12. Preparations convenient for pregnant and lactating women. Preparations that influence body weight.
13. Preparations for external use I: dermatological preparations, disinfectants, astringents, antiinflammatory agents
14. Preparations for external use II: phytopharmaceuticals used to treat joint problems, muscular injuries, contusions
- 1. Phytopharmaceuticals: definition, legislative status, basic terms. The position of phytotherapy in current medicine. The role of a pharmacist in phytotherapy
- Literature
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, selfstudying
- Assessment methods
- Written test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Student requirements:
- lectures are optional
- to get the whole number of credits students have to pass a written examination (minimally 50 % of correct answers to the given questions)
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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