Module D - Themes in Industrial Production

Recommended Prerequisites

The recommended prerequisites include what is taught in the 1 st cycle courses in the area of  Pharmacy, Medicine, Biology, Agricultural Sciences, Bioanalytical, Chemical Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry and other related courses.

Teaching Methods

Lectures with a strong component of dialogue and application in practical cases, essentially using the audiovisual media ("data show").

Learning Outcomes

Check capacity and expertise to students on themes emerging within herbal health products, including production technologies, evaluation and quality control. Skills in plant biotechnology are also given.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The program will be prepared annually in accordance with the appearance of emerging areas that fall within the educational project of the curricular unit.Highlights for the following aspects:Technology of production of extracts and herbal health products
-quality control technologies applied to herbal health products
-in vitro culture and genetic engineering techniques
-production of secondary metabolites using cell cultures
-risks and benefits associated with genetically modified plants

Head Lecturer(s)

Lígia Maria Ribeiro Pires Salgueiro da Silva Couto

Assessment Methods

Assessement
The evaluation of this curricular unit includes some mini tests and other continuous evaluation according to that defined by the teaching team.: 100.0%

Bibliography

- Proença da Cunha, A. et al. Farmacognosia e Fitoquímica. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 2010

- Simões CMO et al. Farmacognosia – da planta ao medicamento, 5ª ed., Editora da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 2003.

- Kole, C., Michler, C.H., Abbott, A.G. & Hall, T.C. (2010). Transgenic Crop Plants, volume 2: Utilization and Biosafety. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.

- Davey, M. R. & Anthony, P. (2010). Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester