Tantargy

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2022-2023

Course director

Number of hours/semester

Lectures: 24 hours

Practices: 0 hours

Seminars: 0 hours

Total of: 24 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OPG-NOV-T
  • 2 Credit
  • Pharmacy
  • Pharm. theoretical module and practical skills module
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

OPG-O2E-T completed , OPG-D2E-T completed

Exam course:

Course headcount limitations

min. 1 people

Topic

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the physiological effects (both beneficial and harmful) of plants and plant drugs commonly used in nutrition and in phytotherapy. The mode of action, indications, application and typical formulations of plant drugs used in the treatment of the most important disease types will be demonstrated through case studies. Particular attention will be paid to the interactions between active compounds of plants and other drugs. The course aims at providing authentic information among the today so widespread beliefs and misbeliefs, relying on evidence based medicine.

Lectures

  • 1. Ethnopharmacobotany: past and present - Dr. Purger Dragica
  • 2. Ethnopharmacobotany: past and present - Dr. Purger Dragica
  • 3. Major biological effects of herbs used in the human diet; characteristics of an optimal nutritional regime in regard of herbal constituents of diets - Dr. Farkas Ágnes
  • 4. Plant based dietary supplements using the conception of evidence based medicine; evidences, myths and disbeliefs - Dr. Farkas Ágnes
  • 5. Herbs used in dermatological diseases - Dr. Filep Rita
  • 6. Medicinal plants in obesity - Dr. Filep Rita
  • 7. Analgesic herbs and drugs - Dr. Csikós Eszter
  • 8. Medicinal plants used for locomotor diseases - Dr. Csikós Eszter
  • 9. Medicinal plants in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases - Dr. Csikós Eszter
  • 10. Medicinal plants in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases - Dr. Csikós Eszter
  • 11. Phytotherapy of cardiovascular diseases - Dr. Horváth Adrienn
  • 12. Phytotherapy of cardiovascular diseases - Dr. Horváth Adrienn
  • 13. Anxiolytic and sedative medicinal plants - Dr. Horváth Györgyi
  • 14. Anxiolytic and sedative medicinal plants - Dr. Horváth Györgyi
  • 15. Antidiabetic activity of medicinal plants - Dr. Filep Rita
  • 16. Hepatoprotective and antiviral herbs - Dr. Horváth Adrienn
  • 17. Medicinal plants used in the treatment of urogenital diseases - Dr. Horváth Adrienn
  • 18. Mainstream and complementary therapy of malignant diseases using herbal products - Dr. Farkas Ágnes
  • 19. Herbal products for alleviating complaints connected to the menstrual cycle and menopause - Dr. Farkas Ágnes
  • 20. Phytotherapeutic options for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia - Dr. Farkas Ágnes
  • 21. Phytotherapy for prevention and treatment of common cold - Dr. Csikós Eszter
  • 22. Antihyperlipidemic activity of medicinal plants - Dr. Csikós Eszter
  • 23. Medicinal plant and drug interactions; side effects - Dr. Horváth Györgyi
  • 24. Medicinal plant and drug interactions; side effects - Dr. Horváth Györgyi

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

All lectures are accessible via website of the Department of Pharmacognosy:
http://gytk.pte.hu/en/egyseg/oktatasianyagok/1640
Lectures in Neptun / MS Teams.

Notes

Recommended literature

Aronson J.K. (ed.): Meylers Side Effects of Herbal Medicines, Elsevier, Amsterdam-Oxford-Tokyo, 2009
Barnes J., Anderson L.A., Phillipson J.D.: Herbal Medicines, 2nd edition, Pharmaceutical Press, London-Chicago, 2002
ESCOP Monographs, The Scientific Foundation for Herbal Medicinal Products, 2nd edition, Thieme, Exeter; Stuttgart; New York, 2003
European Medicines Agency guidelines; www.ema.europa.eu

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 25 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

Oral exam at the end of the semester.

Making up for missed classes

Students can use the uploaded study materials or can ask a personal consultation with the tutor.

Exam topics/questions

1. Ethnobotanical methods (field work, data evaluation); evaluation of relevant sources and literature
2. Role of food plants in the optimal diet
3. Critical evaluation of dietary supplements of plant origin
4. Sedative, antidepressant and analgesic herbs
5. Herbs for alleviating complaints of the genital tracts and the hormonal system
6. Herbs for bone and joint diseases
7. Herbs for respiratory disorders
8. Herbs to control the cholesterol level
9. Herbs for gastrointestinal disorders
10. Hepatoprotective and antiviral herbs
11. Antidiabetic herbs
12. Herbs for urogenital disorders
13. Herbs for dermatological diseses
14. Herbs for cardiovascular disorders
15. Herbs used in obesity
16. Mainstream and complementary therapy of malignant diseases using herbs
17. Interactions of phytotherapy and nutrition

Examiners

  • Dr. Csikós Eszter
  • Dr. Farkas Ágnes
  • Dr. Filep Rita
  • Dr. Horváth Györgyi

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars