Pharmacognosy

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Pharmacognosy is the study of natural product compounds that have been used for their medicinal, ecological, chemical and other uses. Concepts in this course will include but are not limited to understanding the source of natural products from the different kingdoms including plants, fungi, bacteria and marine organisms. This course will discuss the scientific disciplines that Pharmacognosy unifies such as Social Sciences as Ethnobotany; Chemistry and Pharmacology such as drug discovery, medicinal properties of natural products; Clinical Pharmacy, Medicine and Toxicology such as bioactivity; and Molecular Biology and Genetics such as the genetic manipulation of organisms and Microorganisms.