Study-unit HERBAL PRODUCTS TOSSICOLOGY
| Course name | Pharmacy |
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| Study-unit Code | A000578 |
| Location | PERUGIA |
| Curriculum | Comune a tutti i curricula |
| Lecturer | Claudia Zadra |
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| CFU | 4 |
| Course Regulation | Coorte 2021 |
| Supplied | 2024/25 |
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| Learning activities | Affine/integrativa |
| Area | Attività formative affini o integrative |
| Sector | AGR/13 |
| Type of study-unit | Opzionale (Optional) |
| Type of learning activities | Attività formativa monodisciplinare |
| Language of instruction | Italian |
| Contents | Biotransformation of the active ingredients in the complementary medicines and their possible toxic effects. Occurrence of residues and contaminants in medicinal herbs: source, class of contaminants (heavy metals, pesticides, mycotoxins..) and regulatory limits. Adverse effects of these xenobiotic for the human health. |
| Reference texts | EFSA e EMA Reports C.L. Galli, M. Marinovich, P. Restani - Tossicologia |
| Educational objectives | Students will be offered the knowledge of the most common pollutants in botanocals andd food supplements. In particular, sources of pollution and the ways of contamination. |
| Prerequisites | Knowledge of chemistry and biochemistry |
| Teaching methods | frontal lectures |
| Learning verification modality | oral discussion |
| Extended program | risk analysis and risk assessment of contaminants present in phytotherapeutic and herbal products. Reference legislation. Classes of contaminants : mycotoxins, cyanogenic glucosides, heavy metals, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, phenylpropanoids. Examples of contamination and transfer into the finished product |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | Salute e benessere |