NATURAL PRODUCT CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY

About this Course

  • 4 students enrolled
  • 1 instructors

Course Description

This course will interactively engage the students cognitively and scientifically in the areas of natural product chemistry including definition of natural products, metabolism, and their classes. The students will be exposed to natural products approach to drug discovery including sampling, vouchering, extraction and isolation of secondary metabolites from natural products. The outcomes shall be assessed through a variety of tools which include the traditional paper examination (tests and final examination), classroom engagement like student presentation and case study report.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Analyze the case studies of discovery, identification and mass production of important bioactive secondary metabolites (C5 )
2 ) Present the analysis on current development in natural product chemistry and technology (A3)
3 ) Explain the definition of natural products and their classes, and the technique of extraction, isolation of secondary metabolites, and their application in natural product approach of drug discovery (C2)

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 3 hours per week
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Beginner
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )

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 Syllabus

Definition
Primary metabolism
Secondary metabolism
Sources of natural products
Ethnobotany and traditional uses of natural products

Introduction
Terpenes
Alkaloids
Flavonoids
Other compounds

Collection, storage and vouchering of plant samples
Extraction and pretreatment of plant samples
Detection methods for secondary metabolites
Isolation of natural products
Characterization of natural products

Drug development from natural products
Plant cell biotechnology
Biocatalysis as a tool of natural product production
Herbal Analysis
Metabolomics

Anticancer drugs
Antimalarial drug
Antibacterial drug
Botanical drug
Others

Our Instructor

DR. CHE PUTEH BINTI OSMAN

 Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

 Frequently Asked Questions

A1 : Natural products are chemicals produced by living things.

A2 : Natural products are isolated using various chromatographic procedures such as HPLC and PLC and characterized using modern spectroscopic techniques such as NMR and LCMS.