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Natural Compounds and Their Impact on Drug Design

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Course ID:	1200-2MON5L
Erasmus code / ISCED:	13.3 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0531) Chemistry The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Natural Compounds and Their Impact on Drug Design
Name in Polish:	Związki naturalne i ich znaczenie w projektowaniu leków
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Chemistry
Course groups:	(in Polish) Przedmioty do wyboru w semestrze 3M (S2-PRK-CHM) (in Polish) Wykłady monograficzne (S2-CH, S2-CHS) (in Polish) Wykłady monograficzne w semestrze letnim (S2-CH, S2-CHS)
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	1.50 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language:	Polish
Main fields of studies for MISMaP:	biology biotechnology chemistry
Type of course:	elective courses elective monographs
Prerequisites (description):	Elementary knowledge of organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Acquisition of knowledge about natural biologically active compounds and their influence on the development of drug syntheses.
Full description:	The lecture topics are the following: a review on main groups of secondary metabolites with distinguished biological activity (glycosides, alkaloids, steroids, terpenes, antibiotics): the most important plant raw materials; modern methods of increasing of selected metabolites content in plant material; alkaloids with strong activity toward nervous system as lead compounds in the search for counterpain drugs; natural substances exhibiting antineoplastic, mutagenic and carcinogenic activity and their influence on advances of chemotherapy; natural anticancer drugs of plant origin; drug acting on the nervous system and their non-medical application.
Bibliography:	1. Zejc Alfred, Gorczyca Maria "Chemia leków", Wydawnictwo Lekarskie PZWL, 2009 2. Silverman Richard "Chemia organiczna w projektowaniu leków", WNT, 2004 3. Patrick G."Chemia leków. Krótkie wykłady.", PWN, 2009 4. A. Kołodziejczyk „Naturalne związki organiczne", PWN, Warszawa 2006 5. E. J. Corey, Barbara Czakó, László Kürti "Molecules and Medicine", J. Wiley & Sons, 2007
Learning outcomes:	After completing the lecture, a student should be able to explain the significance of natural compounds for the drug’s synthesis and give examples. Student should be able to understand major rules for seeking and synthesis of new drugs.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The comprehensive written exam.

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span:	2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO WYK-MON TU W TH FR
Type of class:	Monographic lecture, 15 hours, 50 places more information
Coordinators:	Anna Zawadzka
Group instructors:	Anna Zawadzka
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Grading
Mode:	Classroom
Notes:	(in Polish) Szczegółowe informacje oraz materiały do zajęć dostępne na platformie e-learningowej Kampus 2

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