COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL USES OF BRYOPHYTES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
BYL 5058 MEDICAL USES OF BRYOPHYTES ELECTIVE 3 0 2 9

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR KEREM CANLI

Offered to

Ph.D. in Biology
Biology

Course Objective

Objectives of this course are to provide an understanding of relationship between nature and medicinal sciences. Bryophytes contain numerous potentially useful compounds, including oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, sugar alcohols, amino acids, fatty acids, aliphatic compounds, phenylquinones, and aromatic and phenolic substances. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and the practice of historical and modern use of Bryophytes in medical purposes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   This course is expected to help students who is planning to work on microbiology or botany.
2   To develop the students microbiological knowledge
3   To have the ability to work effectively in microbiology related units
4   Having experience on antimicrobial activity works
5   Understanding the nature of microorganisms

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction Mosses, liverworts
2 Historical use of bryophytes in medical purpose : (China, India)
3 Historical use of bryophytes in medical purpose : (1800s and early 1900s)
4 Antimicrobial activity of bryophytes
5 Antimicrobial activity of pleurocarpous mosses
6 Antimicrobial activity of acrocarpous mosses
7 Bryophyte extraction methods
8 Overview
9 Disk diffusion method
10 (MIC) minimum inhibitory concentration
11 Antifungal activity of Bryophytes
12 Antiviral activity of Bryophytes
13 Antitumoral activity of Bryophytes
14 Transgenic Pharmaceutical Production
15 Final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Introduction to Bryology by Scofield W. B. Macmillan, 1985
Bryophyte Biology by Shaw A.J. and Gıffinet B. Cambridge, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will consist of lectures, class discussions, presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exam and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kerem.canli@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 6 5 30
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 222

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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