Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ZTB3102016955MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTSCompulsory364
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • to teach and description essential oil, alkaloid and glycoside plants, using areas, principle of growing this plants • to give the students basic information about ecological requirements of medicinal and aromatic plants, main principle in the growing of medicinal plants, to acquired capability of recognizing species of Apiaceae: Asteraceae: Lamiaceae: Verbenaceae Rosaceae: families
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To have the knowledge and skills of medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation and their morphology, production techniques, usage and processing
2Able to explain to give information about importance and production of secondary metabolites and general principles in cultivation of medical, aromatic and spice plants
3Demonstrate the ability to the importance of medicinal and aromatic plants; biological diversity and its conservation, principles of plant collecting from nature habitat.
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Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Week 1 Introduction: importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in the world and Turkey 1,2,3 Week 2 Ecological requirements of medicinal and aromatic plants, main principle in the growing of medicinal plants 1,2,3 Week 3 Essential oil and spices; characteristics of essential oil and classification of essential oil (chemically) 1,2,3 Week 4 Biological and pharmacological activity of terpenic and alkaloid compounds 1,2,3 Week 5 Culture of spices and aromatic plants 1,2,3 Week 6 Culture of spices and aromatic plants 1,2,3 Week 7 Culture of spices and aromatic plants 1,2,3 Week 8 Midterm Exam Week 9 Characteristics of glycosides, glycoside plants: Digitalis spec., Scilla maritime 1,2,3 Week 10 Characteristics of alkaloid plants, alkaloid plants: Atropa belladonna, Datura spec., Hyoscyamus spec., Chelidonum majus, Withania somnifera 1,2,3 Week 11 Characteristics of flavonoids, Flavonoid plants: Slybum marianum, Viola tricolor 1,2,3 Week 12 Other economically important medicinal plants: Anacardiaceae: Pistacia terebinthus, Rhus coriaria, Leguminaceae: Glhyrhiza ssp., Trigonella foenum graecum, Cappariaceae: Capparis ovata, Capparis spinosa, Rosaceae: Rosa spec. 1,2,3 Week 13 Collection of medicinal and aromatic plants, preparation for market 1,2,3 Week 14 Collection of medicinal and aromatic plants, preparation for market 1,2,3 Week 15 The importance of secondary metabolites, benefits, classification 1,2,3 Week 16 Final Exam 1,2,3
Course Contents
• Principle of growing this plants • Cultivation methods • Using areas • Extraction of essential oil and fixed oil
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction: importance of medicinal and aromatic plants in the world and Turkey
2Ecological requirements of medicinal and aromatic plants, main principle in the growing of medicinal plants
3Essential oil and spices; characteristics of essential oil and classification of essential oil (chemically)
4Biological and pharmacological activity of terpenic and alkaloid compounds
5Culture of spices and aromatic plants
6Culture of spices and aromatic plants
7Culture of spices and aromatic plants
8Midterm Exam
9Characteristics of glycosides, glycoside plants: Digitalis spec.,
10Characteristics of alkaloid plants, alkaloid plants: Atropa belladonna, Datura spec., Hyoscyamus spec., Chelidonum majus, Withania somnifera
11Characteristics of flavonoids, Flavonoid plants: Slybum marianum, Viola tricolor
12Other economically important medicinal plants: Anacardiaceae: Pistacia terebinthus, Rhus coriaria, Leguminaceae: Glhyrhiza ssp., Trigonella foenum graecum, Cappariaceae: Capparis ovata, Capparis spinosa, Rosaceae: Rosa spec.
13Collection of medicinal and aromatic plants, preparation for market
14Collection of medicinal and aromatic plants, preparation for market
15The importance of secondary metabolites, benefits, classification
16Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Baydar, H. 2009. Tıbbi ve Atomatik Bitkiler Bilimi ve Teknolojisi. Süleyman Demirel Üniv. Zir. Fak. Yayın No: 51, Isparta. Ceylan, A. (1985) Medicinal Plants I, II, III. Ege University Agriculture Faculty Press, No: 312, 487, 509 Akgül, A. (1993) Spices’s Science and its Technology. Society of Food technology Press, No. 15, Ankara. Craker, L.E., Simon, J.E. (1986) Herb Spices and Medicinal Plants, Vol:1, Vol:4, Oryx Press, Phoenix. Ramawat, K.G. (2004) Biotechnology of Medicinal Plants (Vitalizer and Therapeutic), Scince Publishers, Inc. Enfield, USA, 296 p. Yaniv, Z., Bachrach, U. (2005) Handbook of Medicinal Plants. (Ed. Z. Yaniv, U. Bachrach), Food Products Press, New York, Oxford, 500 p 4- Hornok, L. (1992) Cultivation and Processing of Medicinal Plants. (Ed. L. Hornok), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 338 p.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination14228
Individual Study for Final Examination20360
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
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