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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
OT134YMedicinal Aromatic Herbal Products and Quality AnalysisElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Production systems that are favorable to environment, human health and animal health, protecting natural resources and providing thracibility and sustainbility with reliable food supply
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Volkan GÜL
Learning Outcomes
1Learns the definition and use of medicinal and aromatic plants.
2Learns distillation and extraction methods.
3Learns distillation and extraction methods.
4Learns sampling method, recognition tests, general tests, special tests in quality analysis.
5Acquires new knowledge about medicinal and aromatic plants, develops methods and technologies, conducts basic and applied researches, uses appropriate information technologies in the analysis of problems encountered in the field of medicinal plants and determines and uses appropriate methods.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NOT
Recommended Optional Programme Components
NOT
Course Contents
Principles of cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants • Cultural methods • Areas of use • Essential oil and crude oil extractions
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Definition and scope of medicinal and aromatic plants
2general state of the world and in Turkey of medicinal and aromatic plants
3Application areas of medicinal and aromatic plants
4Drog, extract definition and types, parts of plants used as drugs
5Vegetable products obtained by distillation and extraction method and definition of these products
6Definition and properties of extraction
7Extraction parameters, extraction methods and types, before and after extraction
8Midterm
9Definition and properties of distillation, distillation methods
10Operations before and after distillation
11Mechanical extraction methods
12 Sampling methods in quality analysis
13General evaluation of plant products obtained from medicinal and aromatic plants and methods of obtaining
14General evaluation
15Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Baydar, H. 2013. Medical and Aromatic Plants Science and Technology. Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Agriculture Publication No: 51, Isparta. 1.Baytop, T. 1999. Treatment with plants in Turkey. Past and Today. Nobel Medical Bookstore, Istanbul. 2. Yücel, E. 2010. Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Breeding, Anadolu University Publication No: 2101, Eskisehir. 3. Başer, K.H.C. 2010. Production and Quality Control of Medicinal and Aromatic Herbal Products, Anadolu University Press, Eskişehir. 4. Faydalıoğlu, E., Sürücüoğlu, M.S. 2011. The Use and Importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants from Past to Present, Kastamonu University Journal of Forestry Faculty, 11 (1): 52 - 67. 5. Bayram, E., Kırıcı, S., Tansı, S., Yılmaz, G., Arabacı, O., Kızıl, S., Telci, D. 2010. Possibilities of Increasing the Production of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Turkey Agricultural Engineering VII. Technical Congress Proceedings-I, 437er456, Ankara.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities30
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities70
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
NOT
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination166
Final Examination155
Question-Answer133
Self Study12448
Individual Study for Mid term Examination10440
Individual Study for Final Examination12448
Homework10330
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)180
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