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| ECZ4011 | Poisonous Plants and Other Natural Poisons | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of PHARMACEUTICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Nurdan YAZICI BEKTAŞ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ufuk ÖZGEN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of the course is to get information about natural poisonous. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Identifies and diagnoses naturally occurring poisons according to their effects on body systems | 2 - 6 | 1,3, | | LO - 2 : | Obtain information about the plants that cause poisoning, the secondary metabolites they contain and their mechanisms of action. | 2 - 6 | 1,3, | | LO - 3 : | Learns treatment protocols after poisoning by associating it with poisoning cases | 2 - 6 | 1,3, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Poisoning causes, mechanisms, diagnoses; Plants that mediate poisoning, secondary metabolites contained in mushrooms, toxicological effects and treatment procedures |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction and history of poisonous plants | | | Week 2 | Toxicity causes and mechanisms, classification of toxic plants. | | | Week 3 | Poisonings associated with plants containing cyanogenic heterozytes, plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloids, plants containing sodium channel activators, and plants containing toxalbumin | | | Week 4 | Plant-induced dermatitis, Gastrointestinal decontamination | | | Week 5 | Poisonous plants growing in Türkiye 1 | | | Week 6 | Poisonous plants growing in Türkiye 2 | | | Week 7 | Poisonous plants growing in Türkiye 3 | | | Week 8 | Poisonous plants growing in Türkiye 4 | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Poisonings with plants of the family Ericaceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Hippocastanaceae, Araliaceae, Araceae | | | Week 11 | Poisonous Mushrooms 1 | | | Week 12 | Poisonous Mushrooms 2 | | | Week 13 | Essential oil toxicity | | | Week 14 | Recent articles 1 | | | Week 15 | Recent articles 2 | | | Week 16 | End of term exam | | | |
| 1 | Nelson, L. S., Shih, R. D., balick, M. J. 2007. Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. Springer, USA. | | | |
| 1 | Baytop, T., Baytop, A., Mat, A., Sun, S. 1989. Türkiye?de Zehirli Bitkiler, Bitki Zehirlenmeleri ve Tedavi Yöntemleri. İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Lis-Balchin, M. 2006. Aromatherapy Science. Pharmaceutical Press, London, UK. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 18/11/2025 | 1 | 25 | | Presentation | 13-15 | 16.12.2025, 23.12.2025, 30.12.2026 | 3 | 25 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 06/01/2026 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 11 | 22 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 4 | 3 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 46 |
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