Unit HERBAL PRODUCTS TOSSICOLOGY

Course
Pharmacy
Study-unit Code
A000578
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Claudia Zadra
Teachers
  • Claudia Zadra
Hours
  • 28 ore - Claudia Zadra
CFU
4
Course Regulation
Coorte 2023
Offered
2024/25
Learning activities
Affine/integrativa
Area
Attività formative affini o integrative
Academic discipline
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
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