Courses (First and second Semester 1428/ 1429)
PHG 361: Vitamins, Minerals and Hormones (: Pharmacognosy 3)
Definitions, classification , importance and functions as well as the
disorders which occur due to excess or deficiency of Vitamins, Minerals
and Hormones as well as the chemistry of vitamins and hormones as
well as their SAR will be discussed.
Minerals: Are classified to: a- Macro-elements
b- Micro-elements
Vitamins: Are classified to: a- Fat soluble Vitamins
b- Water soluble Vitamins
Hormones may be classified according to:
a- Site of production
b- Chemical nature
References:
1- www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/vitamins_which.htm
2- www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamins.html
3- www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vitamins.html
4- www.liferesearchuniversal.com/minerals.html
5- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroid_hormone
topics.nytimes.com/.../health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/hormones/index.html?inline
=nyt-classifier.
7. G. Litwack & A.W. Norman: Hormones. 1997 Academic Press (1997).
PHG 461: Pharmacognosy 4
The course deals with the study of antibiotics, naturally occurring
antineoplastic agents. The origin, structure and structure activity
relationship, mechanism of action, spectrum and uses, adverse effect
and drug interaction of each antibiotic will be discussed.
The following questions concerning antineoplastic agents will be
answered:
What is cancer, mechanism of cancer formation, different types of
cancer, warning signs of cancer, factors which increase risk of cancer,
general consideration in antineoplastic therapy as well as treatment of
cancer.
Antibiotics areclassified to:
a-B-lactam
b- Aminoglycosides
c- Tetracyclines
d- Macrolides
e- Antifungal agents
f- Polypeptides
g- Misc.group
i- CAF
ii- Antituberculous agents
iii- Various structure
References:
1-Antibiotic and Chemotherapy. H.P.Lambert & F.W. O'Grady.Churchill
Livingstone (1992)
2- The Antimicrobial Drugs . Scholar, E.M.& Pratt, W.b.Oxford University
press (2000)
3-Drug Information Handbook .B. Beatrice et al (2000)
4- www.Healthlinks.washington.edu.
5- http://www.wikipedia.org.
6- http://www. Drugs.com.
PHG 474: Screening, Separation and Analysis of Plant Constituents
The course covers the methods and techniques employed for
screening medicinal plants for their bioactive constituents. Discussed are
also recent developments regarding methods of extraction, isolation,
purification and spectroscopic identification of plant bioactive constituents .
Applications of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques in the
analysis of the isolated compounds.
References:
1-Plant Drug Analysis. Wagner, H., Bladt, S. & Zgainski. E.M. American
Botanical Council (1995)
2- Pharmacognosy. Trease & Evans. W.B.Saunders Company (1996)
3- www.uok.edu.pk/faculties/pharmacognosy/details.php
4- www.springerlink.com/index/p70l236363g66262.pdf
5- ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/analytical/Chromatography/
PHG 455: Biotechnology and tissue culture
Cell biology, Protein synthesis, different techniques of biotechnology
including r-DNA, Monoclonal antibodies production, Polymerase chain
reaction and Gene therapy. The microbial models as well as metabolism
studies will be discussed.
References:
1-Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Crommelin, J.A.J. & Sindelar, R.D.
Gordon & Breach Publishing Group (1998)