Pharm 111: Botany with Taxonomy

Unit I. Basic Concepts to Understand Plants Chapter 1. Basic Concept to Understand Plants 1. Introduction to Botany 2. Introduction to Plants Chapter 2. Medicinal Plants and Scientific Method 1. Medicinal Plants 2. Scientific Method Unit II. Plant Structure Chapter 3. The Cell 1. Early studies on cells 2. Cell structure a. Plant Cell Components b. Membranes c. Basic cell types: eukaryotes and prokaryotes d. Cell division Chapter 4. Roots and Stems 1. Roots 2. Stems Chapter 5. Leaves and other Plant Parts 1. Leaves 2. Sexual Reproduction Chapter 6. Plants used pharmaceutical products 1. Plants that yield pharmacotherapeutical products Unit III. Plant Physiology and Development Chapter 7. Energy Metabolism 1. Photosynthesis 2. Respiration Chapter 8. Transport processes 1. Diffusion and active transport 2. Osmosis 3. Long Distance transport: Phloem 4. Long Distance transport: Xylem -------------------------------------------------------- Unit IV. Classification, Systematics and Ethnopharmacology Chapter 9. Classification, Systematics and Ethnopharmacology 1. Concepts 2. Levels of Taxonomic Categories 3. Cladistics 4. Types of Classification System Chapter 10. Protista: Algae 1. Division Euglenophyta 2. Division Pyrrophyta 3. Division Chlorophyta 4. Division Phaeophyta 5. Division Rhodophyta Chapter 11. Fungi and Lichens 1. Division Zygomycota 2. Division Ascomycota 3. Division Basidiomycota 4. Division Deuteromycota 5. Lichens Chapter 12. Non-Vascular Plants 1. Non-Vascular Plants a. Division Bryophyta b. Division Hepatophyta c. Division Anthocerophyta Chapter 13: Vascular plants 1. Vascular plants without seeds a. Division Psilophyta b. Division Lycophyta c. Division Arthrophyta d. Division Pteridophyta e. Ethnopharmacology of vascular plants Chapter 14. Vascular plants with seeds 1. Vascular plants with seeds (Gymnosperms) a. Division Coniferophyta b. Division Cycadophyta c. Division Gingkophyta d. Division Gnetophyta Chapter 15. Vascular plants with seeds 1. Vascular plants with seeds (Angiosperms) a. Basal angiosperms b. Monocots c. Dicots Chapter 16. Introduction to Pharmacognosy 1. Plant families yielding important phytopharmaceuticals with their morphological and chemical characteristics 2. Primer on Pharmacognosy