| CODE | AGR2561 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Phytochemistry: Production, Processing and Standardisation | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Rural Sciences and Food Systems | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Objectives: To introduce the student to the different classes of active mebatolites within plant species; their chemical extraction and analysis. Contents: The concept of metabolites' role in plants; Different Metabolites (Terpenoids, alkaloids, flavonoids, organic acids, etc.); their properties, extractability and uses in modern and traditional medicine. Readings LIst: Lecture handouts. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||||||
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