Università Roma Tre

Phytotherapy, Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology. Historical development of the use of medicinal plants from the ancient time to the modern age. Medical school in the ancient times. Natural pharmacy, medicinal plants. Drugs and Natural products.
(1 CFU)
Plants Biodiversity of pharmaceutical interest. Main families of medicinal interest and common pharmacological features. Study of the main plant species of medicinal and interest: botanical description, geographical distribution, part of the plant used, active principles of pharmaceutical interest, mechanism of action, pharmaceutical forms.
(2 CFU + LAB)
Products of primary and secondary metabolism. Role of secondary metabolites in plants. Compartmentation and accumulation. Secretion and secondary metabolism. Metabolism of secretion and secretory systems. The biosynthesis of plant secondary metabolites. Mechanisms to produce substances of pharmaceutical interest. Endogenous and exogenous factors, which influences the production of active ingredients in plants of pharmaceutical interest.
(2 CFU)

Maugini E. Maleci Bini L. Maritti Lippi M. Botanica Farmaceutica Ed Piccin 2014 9° edizione

The professor receives every day by appointment via e-mail: alessandra.cona@uniroma3.it

Essential definitions (drug, medicine, spice, etc.), medical-pharmaceutical terms, history of pharmaceutical botany, ethnobotany, notes on taxonomy, importance in the pharmaceutical field of bacteria and cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, lichens, bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms. Questions about some of these families:
Lauraceae (Laurales)
Ranunculaceae (Ranunculales)
Papaveraceae (Ranunculales)
Salicaceae (Malpighiales)
Euphorbiaceae (Malpighiales)
Erythroxylaceae (Malpighiales)
Fabaceae (Fabales)
Rosaceae (Rosales)
Moraceae (Rosales)
Cannabaceae (Rosales)
Fagaceae (Fagales)
Myrtaceae (Myrtales)
Rutaceae (Sapindales)
Malvaceae (Malvales)
Tiliaceae (now included in Malvaceae - Malvales)
Brassicaceae (Brassicales)
Theaceae (Ericales)
Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (Lamiales)
Scrophulariaceae (Lamiales)
Oleaceae (Lamiales)
Solanaceae (Solanales)
Gentianaceae (Gentianales)
Apocynaceae (Gentianales)
Rubiaceae (Gentianales)
Asteraceae (Asterales)
Apiaceae (Apiales)
Araliaceae (Apiales)
Valerianaceae (included in Caprifoliaceae - Dipsacales)
Liliaceae (Liliales)
Iridaceae (Asparagales)
Poaceae (Poales)
Zingiberaceae (Zingiberales)

Maugini, E., Maleci, L., & Mariotti, M. (2014). Botanica farmaceutica. IX edizione, Piccin