The aim of this course is: to provide knowledge useful to recognize the most used medicinal plants, in particular those of pharmaceutical, herbalistic, cosmetic and voluptuary use. Pharmaceutical botany is a subject that studies the traditional or folk use of plant to prevent and treat diseases. It also involves the identification of the species of plants, traditional classification, cataloging, as well as active ingredients to share extraction, pharmacological research. This course will include the Classification of plant kingdom, and presentation of its sections (Gymnospermae and Angiospermae), primitive plant families, advanced plant families, important micro and macroalgae species in pharmacy, bacteriophyta, micro and macrofungi. There will be an illustration of the important plant families with medicinal potential, referring to plant species used in preparation of herbal medicines and in traditional medicine.
- Teacher: Najat AGIEL