Education Overview
There are six subjects taught at the Department of Pharmacognosy: Pharmacognosy, Biotechnology, Technology of Natural Drugs, Ecology for Pharmacists, Monitoring of the Environment, and Phytotherapy (Phytotherapy is guaranteed together with the Department of Pharmaceutical Botany and Ecology).
Research Overview
Research is focused on the study of therapeuticallysignifi cant substances of natural origin (higher plants) with a special attention to their identifi cation and factors infl uencing their biosynthesis. For these purposes, cultures in vitro derived from relevant intact plants are used. (more…)