F1FF1_12 Herbal Medicinal Products

Faculty of Pharmacy
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
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
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
Literature
    required literature
  • AISLP. info
  • Marek J. a kol. Farmakoterapie vnitřních nemocí. URL info
  • http://www.sukl.cz. info
  • přednášky předmětu Fytofarmaka. info
    recommended literature
  • Český lékopis 2009. info
  • Bisset, N. G. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. info
  • http://www.medline.cz. URL info
  • Internetové prezentace jednotlivých přípravků. info
  • European Pharmacopoeia 8.0. 2014. info
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)
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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