K1PR1_12 Production of Plants for Cosmetic Purposes

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
PharmDr. Margita Dvorská, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Marcela Nejezchlebová (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Margita Dvorská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PharmDr. Margita Dvorská, Ph.D.
Department of Natural Drugs – Departments – Faculty of Pharmacy
Prerequisites
Knowledge of botany.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the influence of selected factors on plants and their constituents, as well as with the conditions for proper collection, cultivation, processing and preservation of plants with regard to the required quality of the obtained drug.
Learning outcomes
The ability to practically evaluate the conditions of cultivation, harvesting and treatment of plants with regard to the resulting use.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • - History, basic concepts.
  • - Current situation of medicinal, aromatic and spice plants production in the Czech Republic and Europe. Basic legislation with regard to use in cosmetics.
  • - Variability of plants and its influence on drug quality.
  • - Influence of selected climatic factors on the growth and quality of plants.
  • - Soil and mineral nutrition - influence on the growth and quality of plants.
  • - Disorders and diseases of plants, possibilities of their elimination.
  • - Vegetative and generative propagation of plants.
  • - Principles of harvesting and post-harvest treatment of medicinal, aromatic and spice plants.
  • - Drying, storage, treatment of drugs.
  • - Procedures and principles of cultivation and treatment of selected species of plants I.
  • - Procedures and principles of cultivation and treatment of selected species of plants II.
  • - Selected options for extracting and using plants for cosmetic purposes.
  • - Selected topics supplemented on the basis of questions and interest of students during the semester.
  • - Possibilities and conditions for growing medical cannabis (virtual excursion)
  • Practical exercises:
  • - Determination of selected physical and chemical properties of the soil - influence on the quality of the drug.
  • - FaF MUNI greenhouse – vegetative and generative propagation of plants, examples of the influence of selected factors on plants, examples of plants disorders and pests.
  • - Samples of selected drugs from medicinal plants and their quality based on appropriate and inappropriate harvest, treatment and storage procedures.
  • - Medicinal Herbs Centre of the FM MU - correct procedures for sowing and planting of plants affecting their quality.
  • - Medicinal Herbs Centre of the FM MU – excursion
  • - Excursion to a selected company with regard to the production of cosmetic products from plants.
Literature
    required literature
  • Neugebauerová J. Pěstování léčivých a kořeninových rostlin. MZLU Brno, 2006. info
  • Felklová M., Kocourková B. Pěstování léčivých rostlin. VFU Brno, 2003. info
    recommended literature
  • Kocourková, B. a kol. Léčivé, aromatické a kořeninové rostliny a základy fytoterapie. Brno, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7509-361-6. info
  • Tomko, J. a kol. Farmakognózia. Osveta, 1999. info
    not specified
  • další odborné publikace a články ke konkrétním tématům - domácí příprava
  • JAHODÁŘ, Luděk. Farmaceuticky významné semenné rostliny. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2022, 358 stran. ISBN 9788024649528. info
  • JAHODÁŘ, Luděk. Rostliny způsobující otravy. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2018, 380 stran. ISBN 9788024640501. info
  • JAHODÁŘ, Luděk. Léčivé rostliny v současné medicíně : (co Mattioli ještě nevěděl). Vyd. 1. Praha: Havlíček Brain Team, 2010, 233 s. ISBN 9788087109229. info
  • Hrudová E., Pokorný R., Víchová J. Integrovaná ochrana rostlin. MZLU Brno, 2006. info
  • Jandák J. Cvičení z půdoznalství. MZLU Brno, 2003. info
Teaching methods
lectures, practical exercises, excursions, homework
Assessment methods
review of prepared protocols or seminar papers, final written exam (the exam has 20 questions, the maximum is 30 points, the minimum to pass the exam is 18 points)
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
Conditions for granting credit: 100% participation in exercises and submission of protocols
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