TOXIC AND HALLUCINOGENIC PLANTS
- Course
- PRCO505 - TOXIC AND HALLUCINOGENIC PLANTS
- Department
- Pharmacognosy - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Mshelia HALILU
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
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TOXIC AND HALLUCINOGENIC PLANTS
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Course outcomes
- 01 Classifiy hallusinogenic plants according to botanical distribution
- 02 Analyze the chemistry of hallucinogenic plants
- 03 Analyze the botanical characters of Cannabis
- 04 Critisize the toxicity of hallaucinogenic plants
- 05 Evaluate the ethnobotany of hallucinogenic mushrooms
- 06 Evaluate the ethnobotany of Lophophora williamsii
- 07 Compare the toxicity and therapeutic uses of phytomedicines
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | The Botanical Distribution of Plant Hallucinogens |
| Week 2 | The Structural Types of Plant Hallucinogens |
| Week 3 | Hallucinogens and toxicity of from Fungi I Psilocybe and Amanita |
| Week 4 | Hallucinogens from fungi II Ergot Alkaloids and LSD |
| Week 5 | Cannabis; Chemistry and Pharmacology |
| Week 6 | Cannabis; microscopical and Chemical identification |
| Week 7 | Hallucinogenic cactus; Lophophora williamsii |
| Week 8 | Hallucinogens from Solanaceae |
| Week 9 | Peganum Harmala as hallucinogenic plant |
| Week 10 | Toxicity of Coumarins and Afflotoxin |
| Week 11 | Toxicity of Aconitum and Aristolochia |
| Week 12 | Pesticides of Natural origin |
| Week 13 | Toxicity of phytomedicines |
| Week 14 | - |
| Week 15 | - |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Richard Evans Schultes (1977) Hallucinogenic Plants-A Golden Guide, Golden Press 1st ed.
- 02 Richard E. Schultes and Albert Hoffman (1991) The Botany and Chemistry of Hallucinogenes Charles C. Thomas Publishers Charles C. Thomas Pub.
- 03 Arthur Bernhard Smith (2012) Poisonous Plants of All Country , Bristol John Wright &Co, London.
- 04 Jesse Wagstaff (2008) International Poisonous Plants Check List CRC Press.
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