Compulsory / Teaching hours per week: 5 / Assessment: written examination at the end of the semester / Credits: 6
M. Couladis, Professor
O. Tzakou, Professor
E. Ioannou, Assist. Professor
• Ethnobotany, Ethnopharmacology. Biodiversity and Bioprospecting.
• Elements of complementary / alternative therapeutic approaches.
• Phytotherapy. Introduction, Quality control of phytomedicines.
• Important natural products and herbal medicines: Gastrointestinal and Biliary System, Cardiovascular System, Respiratory System, Central Nervous System, Endocrine System, Urinary and Reproductive System, Reproductive System.
• Pharmaceutical drugs from marine organisms. Categories, biological activities, applications. Bioactive metabolites in commercially available pharmaceuticals. Biotoxins of marine origin.
• Medicinal spices, natural pigments, nutritional supplements.
• Herbal-drug interactions. Food-drug interactions.