Syllabus
Introduction, basic terms, pharmacopoeia.
Glycosides.
Phenolic glycosides. coumarins.
Flavonoids.
Anthocyanins.
Anthraglycosides
Saponins.
Cardiac glycosides.
Glucosinolates.
Cyanogenic glycosides.
Iridoids.
Bitter drugs.
Tannins.
Hydrolysable tannins.
Condensed tannins.
Alkaloids.
Protoalkaloids.
Isoquinoline alkaloids.
Indole alkaloids.
Quinoline alkaloids.
Imidazole alkaloids.
Pyridine and piperidine alkaloids.
Quinolizidine alkaloids.
Tropane alkaloids.
Purine alkaloids.
Pseudoalkaloids.
Essential oils.
Essential oils containing acyclic monoterpenes.
Essential oils containing monocyclic monoterpenes.
Essential oil containing sesquiterpenes.
Essentila oils containing phenylpropanoid derivatives.
Essentila oils containing sulphur compounds.
Annotation
The subject provides with information about substances and drugs of natural origin concerning their structure, pharmacological activities, and applications. Attention is also paid to adverse effects of natural drugs, as well as to the risks associated with the abuse of psychoactive natural substances and drugs.
The subject allows students to gain basic orientation in the wide area of substances and drugs of natural origin.