PLANT BIOLOGY mutuato
BIOLOGIA VEGETALE
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| 2017/2018 | 6 |
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| Donata Ricci |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The aim of the course is to give the knowledges about the structure of plants and about the characteristics of pharmaceutical plants.
Program
The plant cell: plastids, vacuole, cell wall and its modifications. Plant tissues: meristems. Adult tissues: parenchymas, dermal tissue system, collenchyma, sclerenchyma, vascular tissue system, secretory system. Seed, germination, plantlet. Stem structure: shoot primary growth and structure, secondary growth in Dycotiledones and Gymnospermae. Leaf morphology and anatomy. Root morphology and anatomy.Flower, inflorescences, fruits. Photosynthesis,essentialnutrients, water transport process, plant hormones. Classification of the plant kingdom. Bacteria (notes). Algae:general structure, pharmaceutical significance of Cyanobacteria, Rhodophyta, Phaeophyta. Fungi: general structure, pharmaceutical significance of Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Deuteromycetes.Clviceps purpurea Tulas.Lichens, general structure, pharmaceutical significance.Cetraria islandica. Bryophyta (notes). Pteridophyta: general structure and pharmaceutical significance. Gimnospermae: general structure and pharmaceutical significance. Angiospermae: general structure, reproduction. Dycotiledones, Monocotyledones and most important families with pharmaceutical significance. Species considered on the basis of their active substances: Plants containing cardioactive glycosides: Digitalis purpurea L.; Urginea maritima L.; Plants containing antraquinones: Rhamnus purshiana DC.; Rheum palmatum L.; Plants containing mucillages: Althaea officinalis L.; Plants containing cannabinoids : Cannabis sativa L.; Plants containing alkaloids: Taxus baccata L.; Papaver somniferum L.; Erytroxylon coca L.; Atropa belladonna L.; Plants containing essential oils: Cinnamomum zeylanicum Nees; Camomilla recutita L.; Anthemis nobilis L.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
The student must demonstrate to have the basic knowledge about plant cell, tissues and organs.
The student must demostrate to have acquired knowledges which are necessary for the differentiation of main groups of plants.
The student must demostrate to have acquired the knowlwdge of the properties of plants of pharmaceutical interest, of their drugs and active principles.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lessons with PC and video-projector( Power point)
- Course books
Maugini E., Maleci Bini L.,Mariotti Lippi M.,
Botanica Farmaceutica IX ed. PICCIN ed.
- Assessment
The final exam consists in the oral discussion (italian)
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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