(PHRM 411 (Fundamentals of Natural Products (2)

This course is designed to provide pharmacy students with required knowledge and cognitive skills regarding the use of natural products and phytopharmaceuticals and give them the related professional skills in the field of screening and quality control. In this course, the student will learn: The course provides students with a required comprehensive learning of biological, physical, chemical and pharmacological characters of natural drugs and phytopharmaceuticals containing carbohydrates and their derivatives, glycosides, tannins, phenolic compounds in addition to unorganized drugs. Moreover, the course will give emphasize on natural products from animal, microorganisms and marine sources. Moreover, the course gives the required knowledge about preparation of medicinal plants to the market; including their collection, preparation, storage conditions and their preparation for use either in the crude form or as extracts.