FITOCHIMICA - BIOTECNOLOGIE FARMACEUTICHE APPLICATE ALLE PIANTE OFFICINALI

Academic Year 2016/2017 - 2° Year - Curriculum Scienze Erboristiche e dei Prodotti Nutraceutici

Detailed Course Content

• Phytochemistry

  PROGRAMME:

  GENERAL (2 CFU)

  Primary and secondary metabolism

  Biosynthetic pathways in vascular plants

  Secondary metabolites: roles and functions

  Definition of officinalis plant, medicinal plant, drug, phytocomplex

  Factors influencing the content of active ingredients in a drug.

  CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND MEDICINAL PLANTS (4 CFU)

  Acetate pathway: fatty acids and polyketides

  Scikimate pathway: aromatic amino acids and phenylpropanoids

  Mevalonate pathway : terpenoids and steroids

  Alkaloids :Alkaloids deriving from ornithine, Alkaloids deriving from tyrosine, Indolic alkaloids, minor alkaloids

  Carbohydrates

Textbook Information

• Phytochemistry

  PAUL M. DEWICK: Medicinal Natural Products.