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11533 (v.2) Pharmacognosy 224

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Area:	School of Pharmacy
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	12.5
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
The context of pharmacognosy in modern pharmacy and aspects of the nature and role of herbs and herbal remedies. Indigenous (Aboriginal) medicines as sources of information on useful plant-derived medicines and Australian Aboriginal use of medicinal plant materials. Unorganised drugs and fibres. Alkaloids, glycosides, volatile oils and miscellaneous chemical constituents such as coumarins and flavonoids and their characters and importance as bioactive compounds. Western Australian poisonous plants.

 
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