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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2025-2026

Topic

Pharmacognosy covers general aspects of medicinal plants (such as industrial applications, research, cultivation and cultivars, gene technology, critical evaluation of holistic medicine and homeopathy, possibilities of phytotherapy) and discusses the chemical composition and other qualitative characteristics, as well as the most important areas of usage and pharmacology of herbal drugs and drug fractions such as oils and essential oils. Based on their previous pharmacobotanic knowledge students become acquainted with medicinal plants and drugs that are used in pharmacotherapy (especially in phytotherapy) both in Hungary and abroad. Students are required to recognize the most important tea drugs and drugs with strong physiological effect that are traded and/or imported in Hungary. In the frame of practices students obtain experience in drug analysis and identification methods and the ability to solve daily arising problems, with special emphasis on processing information from literature, databases and the internet.

Course objective and role in the curriculum: students should become familiar with plant materials and drugs, as well as their effective substances in general. During the practices, macroscopic and microscopic examinations of the drugs are organized.

Lectures

Practices

• 1. Introduction. General methods of analysis for drugs of plant origin based on the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.). Accident and fire-protection instruction. Drugs containing carbohydrates.
• 2. Introduction. General methods of analysis for drugs of plant origin based on the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.). Accident and fire-protection instruction. Drugs containing carbohydrates.
• 3. Introduction. General methods of analysis for drugs of plant origin based on the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.). Accident and fire-protection instruction. Drugs containing carbohydrates.
• 4. Introduction. General methods of analysis for drugs of plant origin based on the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.). Accident and fire-protection instruction. Drugs containing carbohydrates.
• 5. Written test (carbohydrates). Drugs containing essential oils.
• 6. Written test (carbohydrates). Drugs containing essential oils.
• 7. Written test (carbohydrates). Drugs containing essential oils.
• 8. Written test (carbohydrates). Drugs containing essential oils.
• 9. Drug identification test 1. (written; carbohydrates and essential oils I.). Written test (essential oils). Drugs containing bitter substances.
• 10. Drug identification test 1. (written; carbohydrates and essential oils I.). Written test (essential oils). Drugs containing bitter substances.
• 11. Drug identification test 1. (written; carbohydrates and essential oils I.). Written test (essential oils). Drugs containing bitter substances.
• 12. Drug identification test 1. (written; carbohydrates and essential oils I.). Written test (essential oils). Drugs containing bitter substances.
• 13. Written test (bitter subs.). Drugs containing triterpenoids (and saponins).
• 14. Written test (bitter subs.). Drugs containing triterpenoids (and saponins).
• 15. Written test (bitter subs.). Drugs containing triterpenoids (and saponins).
• 16. Written test (bitter subs.). Drugs containing triterpenoids (and saponins).
• 17. Written test (triterpenoids). Drugs containing fixed oil. Students’ short lectures.
• 18. Written test (triterpenoids). Drugs containing fixed oil. Students’ short lectures.
• 19. Written test (triterpenoids). Drugs containing fixed oil. Students’ short lectures.
• 20. Written test (triterpenoids). Drugs containing fixed oil. Students’ short lectures.
• 21. Written test (fats). Drugs containing amino acid derivatives, and cardiac glycosides. Students’ short lectures.
• 22. Written test (fats). Drugs containing amino acid derivatives, and cardiac glycosides. Students’ short lectures.
• 23. Written test (fats). Drugs containing amino acid derivatives, and cardiac glycosides. Students’ short lectures.
• 24. Written test (fats). Drugs containing amino acid derivatives, and cardiac glycosides. Students’ short lectures.
• 25. Drug identification test 2. (written; essential oils II., bitter, triterpenoids, fats, cardiac glyc. and amino acid).
• 26. Drug identification test 2. (written; essential oils II., bitter, triterpenoids, fats, cardiac glyc. and amino acid).
• 27. Drug identification test 2. (written; essential oils II., bitter, triterpenoids, fats, cardiac glyc. and amino acid).
• 28. Drug identification test 2. (written; essential oils II., bitter, triterpenoids, fats, cardiac glyc. and amino acid).

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Bencsik T, Ács K, Farkas Á, Molnár P, Papp N, Horváth Gy (2015): Pharmacobotanical and phytochemical investigation of herbal drugs - Teaching supplement. University of Pécs

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Practices are compulsory.

Mid-term exams

In the case of failed practice result, there is no possibility to try the oral exam. Students need to take one practice oral presentation during semester. Final result of the practice will be included in the result of oral exam. Preparation of practice notebook is compulsory. There are 4 small written exams (drug identification practice) during semester.

Making up for missed classes

There is possibility to make up for the missed practices but with the course supervisor's permission.

Exam topics/questions

Not relevant.

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Balázs Viktória Lilla
• Bencsik Tímea
• Csikós Eszter
• KURZUSHOZ RENDELT OKTATÓ