Information Package / Course Catalogue
Medicinal Plants
Course Code: TB304
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

The importance of medicinal plants, its economy, growing techniques, the importance of secondary materials and its variability, to teach the general principles of growing some plants of economic importance for Turkey.

Course Content

The importance of medicinal plants, classification, economic, ecological requirements, culture, post-harvest operations, drugs, the importance of secondary metabolites, variability of effective substances, features of essential oils, its obtaining, determine of the quality in drugs, Introduction to plants containing essential oil, morphological, growing and consumption to some plants of including family Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, and Ranunculaceae.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Olcay ARABACI
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the importance of medicinal plants
2.To be able to perceive the morphological characteristics with the general principles of cultivation of medicinal plants and to evaluate its practice
3.To be able to distingish the differences in the cultivation of medical plant according to field crops
4.To able to get information on drugs, and, drying, sterilization, storage of medicinal plants
5.To be able to grasp the duration of design to production and evaluation of some plant species for new plant gain
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Ceylan, A., 1995. Medicinal plants I, Ege Univ, Faculty of Agriculture Publications, No: 312
2.Ceylan, A., 1996. Medicinal Plants II, Ege Univ, Faculty of Agriculture Publications, No: 481
3.Baydar, H., 2009. Science and Technology of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Faculty of Agriculture, Suleyman Demirel Publication No.: 51
4.Compiled from different sources, and Lecture Notes Presentations Internet Resources
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
The historical development of medicinal plants, and the importance of endemism
Week 1 - Practice
literature review
Week 2 - Theoretical
Classification of medicinal plants and its uses
Week 2 - Practice
Examination of Medicinal plant
Week 3 - Theoretical
Economic importance of medicinal plants
Week 3 - Practice
Preparation of seedling
Week 4 - Theoretical
Ecological aspects of medicinal plants
Week 4 - Practice
Showing of medicinal plant studies in field
Week 5 - Theoretical
Culture of medicinal plants
Week 5 - Practice
Care and presentation of plants in field
Week 6 - Theoretical
Drying, sterilization and storage of medicinal plants, drugs
Week 6 - Practice
Cutting and planting of some medicinal plants
Week 7 - Theoretical
Secondary metabolites and its importance
Week 7 - Practice
Preparation of herbarium
Week 8 - Theoretical
Variability of effective substances in medicinal plants
Week 9 - Theoretical
Care and examination of seedlings
Week 9 - Practice
Essential oils, its specification and acquisition, and determination of the quality of drugs
Week 10 - Theoretical
Presentation of Medicinal and aromatic plants laboratory
Week 10 - Practice
Morphological, culture, consumption of some plants of including Apiaceae family, (Pimpinella anisum, Coriandrum sativum, Carum carvi)
Week 11 - Theoretical
Analyze of essential oil
Week 11 - Practice
Morphological, culture, consumption of some plants of including Apiaceae, Asteraceae and Ranunculaceae family, (Foeniculum vulgare, pyrethrum cinerariaefolium, Nigella sativa)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Planting of seedlings in field
Week 12 - Practice
Morphological, culture, consumption of some plants of including Lamiaceae(Lavandula officinalis, Origanum onites, Mentha piperita)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Planting of cuttings in field
Week 13 - Practice
Term project presentations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Care of cuttings and seedlings
Week 14 - Practice
Term project presentations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141128
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination116218
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
OÇ-1
4
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OÇ-5
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