| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers |
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| 535-0344-00L | From Ethnopharmacy to Molecular Pharmacognosy | 1 credit | 1V | B. Frei Haller,
A. Lardos |
| Abstract | Basic understanding and awareness of ethnopharmaceutical and ethnopharmacological issues and research. Knowledge of methods used in drug discovery from natural sources. Discussion of the issues around law and international treaties. Importance of ethnopharmaceutical knowledge for world health. |
| Learning objective | Basic understanding and awareness of ethnopharmaceutical and ethnopharmacological issues and research. Knowledge of methods used in drug discovery from natural sources. Discussion of the issues around law and international treaties. Importance of ethnopharmaceutical knowledge for world health. |
| Content | Introduction into ethnopharmacy and related disciplines: definitions of terms, working methods, research projects, bioprospecting. Traditional medicinal plants of different cultures and their role in modern Western medicine (rational application of traditional uses). Historical data as sources for drug research. Today's "fashion plants." Empirical, traditional knowledge versus Evidence Based Medicine. The role of biodiversity (CBD, Rio 1992; Nagoya, 2010) and problems associated with drug discovery from natural products. Screening strategies for drug discovery (random screening versus screening based on cultural, ecological, ethnopharmacological, chemotaxonomic criteria). Traditional knowledge in relation to the fight against malaria and its implementation in research, product development and development cooperation. Introduction to and selected examples of herbal drugs and poisons, mode of action, and their ethnopharmacological importance. Critical analysis of bioprospecting as a drug discovery strategy. |
| Lecture notes | Handouts will be provided. |
| Literature | Ethnopharmacology (2015) Michael Heinrich, Anna K. Jäger, Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Prerequisites: Basic lectures in biology or biochemistry and pharmaceutical biology have been attended; not suitable for first semester students. |
Competencies | | Subject-specific Competencies | Concepts and Theories | assessed | | Techniques and Technologies | fostered | | Method-specific Competencies | Analytical Competencies | fostered | | Decision-making | assessed | | Media and Digital Technologies | fostered | | Problem-solving | assessed | | Project Management | assessed | | Social Competencies | Communication | fostered | | Cooperation and Teamwork | assessed | | Customer Orientation | fostered | | Leadership and Responsibility | assessed | | Self-presentation and Social Influence | assessed | | Sensitivity to Diversity | assessed | | Negotiation | assessed | | Personal Competencies | Adaptability and Flexibility | assessed | | Creative Thinking | assessed | | Critical Thinking | assessed | | Integrity and Work Ethics | assessed | | Self-awareness and Self-reflection | assessed | | Self-direction and Self-management | assessed |
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