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PHAR232: Phytochemistry

Credits: 
2
This course will introduce students to medicinal plants and their secondary metabolites as potential
therapeutic agents. Students will be enabled to identify active chemical constituents of medicinal plants
in terms of their structure and biological characteristics. The pharmaceutical significance of the active
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constituents will be emphasized. The occurrence, extraction, detection and physico-chemical
characterization of the following classes of plant constituents will be considered: complex carbohydrates;
glycosides; saponins; alkaloids; lipids; volatile oils and related substances; phenolic compounds;
benzopyrans and enzymes.