Duration
300h Internship
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Two optional subjects are proposed to students who want get a complementary training in pharmacognosy: Thematic A:Methods of quality control of herbal drugs and phytomedicines
Thematic B:Methods of isolation and structure determination of potentially active natural products - Plant metabolomics.
Thematic A: analytical methods of pharmacognosy described in European Pharmacopoeia for herbal drugs and phytomedicines.(important for Drugs and Food Industrials, Inspection of Pharmacy, Public or Private Laboratories)
Thematic B: research in metabolomics, ethnopharmacology and biodiversity (medicinal and toxic plants from the world).The therapeutic domains firstly examined are based on the traditional use of the plants (malaria, cancer, arthrosis, poisonings....) and are studied in collaboration with other laboratories .
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Initiation to research.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry
Botany,Pharmacognosy
Pharmacology,Toxicology, Drug Analysis..
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
For thematic A, a formation to good laboratory practices (ISO 17025 and GMP) will be realized.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Half-year 9
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Thematic A: lecture-notes of Mrs Prof. M.Tits distributed to students
Thematic B: notes distributed according to the subject of research
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Further information:
Evaluation by tutor.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Stage
Contacts
Pr Michel Frédérich
Tel:043664331
Fax043664332
e-mail: M.Frederich@ulg.ac.be