Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University is one of the oldest institutes of both at the University and at the Faculty of Pharmacy. Detached from the former Institute of Pharmacology it took up the activity by the name: Institute of Pharmacognosy and Toxicology in 1914. Professor Zoltán Vámossy was appointed as the first director, whose successors were: Zsigmond Jakabházy, Béla Issekutz, Pál Lipták, János Halmai and Gisella Petri Professors. The current director, Professor Éva Szőke was appointed in 1996. (more…)
Day: September 24, 2011
The Department of Pharmacognosy (Pharmaziezentrum) shares the second University Center Althanstraße (UZA 2) with the Geological Center.
Facilities include several labs (for research as well as for teaching), botanical facilities such as the botanical garden, the greenhouse or the herbarium, and two large historic collections, containing the drug collection and the pharmaceutical objects’ collection. (more…)
The Department of Pharmacognosy is involved in all aspects of teaching and research and development concerning medicinal plants and their products. Formal courses are offered at all levels of tertiary education, i.e. B.Sc.(Pharm.), M.Sc. and Ph.D. In addition to providing formal full-time education, the Department also organizes short-term training courses, symposia and meetings on relevant topics on medicinal plants and their usage. (more…)