TECNOLOGIA DEI PRODOTTI ERBORISTICI E DELLA SALUTE

Acquired knowledge:

The student will acquire a general knowledge of the main preparations of herbal products, unit operations that allow the formulation of the preparations, the materials used and the rules of good manufacturing. Practical knowledge of some galenic preparations and extraction and purification techniques will also be acquired.

Skills acquired: Knowledge of herbal preparations; Knowledge of the main extraction techniques; Knowledge of the technological methodologies necessary for the preparation of herbal products

The course will be carried out through frontal lessons with the help of PowerPoint presentations and through group experiences in the laboratory on specific topics as reported in the program

The vegetable drug; initial treatments: 1a) Extractive preparation techniques; 1b) Mother tinctures and calculation of residual water; Spraying techniques; Capsules, powders and granules; Preparation techniques for distillation Concentration, drying and freeze-drying and nebulisation; Aqueous and hydroalcoholic solutions (definition of alcoholimetric title, density); Syrups, Elixirs, etc; Ointment preparation techniques; The quality of phytogalenic products; titration and standardization; Stability and stabilization of products; Products preservation; notes on packaging materials; Notes on Good Preparation Standards (NBP); Behavior in the Laboratory Laboratory experiences Preparation of a syrup Preparation of ointments Preparation of the capsules Extraction techniques using soxhelet Fractional distillation Separation and purification techniques

1) Principi di Tecnologia Farmaceutica; Colombo ed Altri; CEA edizione 2015

2) Il Laboratorio di Chimica, M. Consiglio, V. Frenna e S. Orecchio ed Edises 2001

- Several arguments can be studied by lesson carried out.

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