Area: |
School of Pharmacy |
Credits: |
12.5 |
Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
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Syllabus: |
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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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
60500 Pharmacy (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Informational |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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