Information Package / Course Catalogue
Secondary Metabolite Production and Biotechnology
Course Code: TBY411
Course Type: Area Elective
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

In the production of secondary metabolites on an industrial scale; strategies, metabolic pathways, regulation of secondary metabolite production of plant-microbial origin and applications and a variety of secondary metabolites of biotechnological production is planned to be examined by considering.

Course Content

Secondary metabolism overview importance of drugs as secondary metabolites, secondary metabolites production of the regulation, secondary metabolites road marks, antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral specialty secondary metabolites, plant origin secondary metabolites, new medical applications of plant secondary metabolites, plant origin secondary metabolites, of plant cell culture secondary metabolite production, antibiotic, bacterial antibiotic production regulation of ß-lactam, peptides, Lantibiotic, glycopeptide, polyketide antibiotics, phenols, polyphenols and tannins sulfur containing compounds, terpenes and alkaloids, acetylene and psoralen , flavonoids, antitumor agent, classical anticancer drugs , non-classical approaches antitumor drug

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Emre SEVİNDİK
Learning Outcomes
1.Students of secondary metabolites and discuss the idea of the importance of producing secondary metabolites production.
2.Students will be able to examine is the knowledge about the microbial production of secondary metabolites.
3.Students will be able to examine the economic production of secondary metabolites
4.Learn the importance of secondary metabolites from plants
5.The importance of medicinal plants found in Turkey
Recommended or Required Reading
1.H.-J. Rehm, G. Reed, Biotechnology: Products of Secondary Metabolism, Volume 7, Second Edition, Wiley Company, 2008
2.M. Wink, Functions and Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolites, Second Edition, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Secondary Metabolism Overview
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Importance of Drug Secondary Metabolites as, Regulation of Secondary Metabolite Production, Secondary Metabolites Road Tracks
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Plant secondary metabolites
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Antibacterial, Antifungal and Antiviral Specialty Secondary Metabolites
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Antibiotics
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
ß-lactam, peptides, Lantibiotic, glycopeptide, polyketide antibiotics
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Essential oils
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Phenols and polyphenols (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Sülfür-containing compounds
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Terpenes and alkaloids
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Saponins
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Flavonoids
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Glycosides
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Antitumor Agents
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144398
Midterm Examination1213
Final Examination1213
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)104
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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OÇ-1
3
2
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2
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2
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3
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2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026