Subjects taught at the Chair of Medicinal Plant and Mushroom Biotechnology

PHARMACY

PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY
(1st year, semester II)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

Educational objectives:

• to familiarize students with the basics of knowledge about medicinal plants, mushrooms and prokaryotic organisms, to prepare them to study pharmacognosy;
• to acquire the ability to conduct microscopic analysis of medicinal plant raw materials, macroscopic recognition of species, determining their affiliation to botanical families, practical knowledge of poisonous plants and mushrooms.

Optional subject – PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY – PHARMACEUTICAL RELEVANCE
(2nd year, semester III)
Subject coordinator: dr Agnieszka Szewczyk

Educational objectives:

• learning about research directions in plant biotechnology important from the pharmaceutical point of view (accumulation of secondary metabolites in in vitro plant cultures, biotransformation processes, genetic transformation, micropropagation of medicinal plants), learning about research methodology and issues;
• arousing interest in modern research methods in the field of plant biotechnology, possibilities of their use in pharmacy, cosmetics and food industry.

Optional subject – EXOTIC PLANTS IN THERAPY, COSMETOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY
(2nd year, semester III)
Subject coordinator: dr hab. Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja

Educational objectives:

• supplementing the knowledge provided in the subject Pharmaceutical Botany;
• supplementing and expanding knowledge on the importance of exotic plants in allopathic treatment; familiarizing with basic knowledge on the importance of exotic plants in aromatherapy, in homeopathy and as a source of cosmetic raw materials; expanding knowledge on dangerous and poisonous species of exotic plants;
• acquiring the ability to recognize selected species of exotic plants; the ability to obtain information on new species of exotic plants introduced to European and Polish medicine;
• arousing a deeper interest in the richness of the plant world, the possibilities of using species of exotic plants for pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical purposes; interest in species of exotic plants for toxicological reasons; openness to new scientific developments in the field of ethnobotany; developing the need to have extensive knowledge of exotic plants in order to increase the prestige of the profession of a pharmacist employed in a pharmacy.

Optional subject – HIGHER MUSHROOMS – BIOTECHNOLOGICAL, HEALTH AND TOXICOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
(3rd year, semester V)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

Educational objectives:

• supplementing and expanding knowledge on the therapeutic and toxicological importance of higher mushrooms;
• acquiring the ability to recognize selected species of higher mushrooms (including medicinal species);
• developing a deeper interest in the diversity of the mushrooms world and the possibilities of using species of higher mushrooms for pharmaceutical purposes.

Optional subject – PLANT TOXICOLOGY
(4th year, semester VIII)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szopa

Educational objectives:

• expanding the knowledge of pharmacy students in the field of plant toxicology;
• acquiring knowledge in the field of toxic and psychoactive effects of domestic and exotic plants;
• shaping attitudes of interest in the adverse effects of plants.

Optional subject – PHARMACEUTICAL ALGOLOGY WITH ELEMENTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
(5th year, semester IX)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

Educational objectives:

• to familiarize students with the topics related to important species of algae not covered by the framework of the compulsory education module used in medicinal preparations.

COSMETOLOGY

COSMETIC PLANTS
(1st year, semester I)
Subject coordinator: dr hab. Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja

Educational objectives:

• obtaining detailed knowledge of plants that are a source of cosmetic raw materials used in the production of cosmetics, taking into account the botanical, ecological, chemical and pharmacological characteristics of the most important plant species.

COSMETIC PLANT MATERIALS
(1st year, semester I)
Subject coordinator: dr hab. Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja

Educational objectives:

• obtaining detailed knowledge about cosmetic plant materials, taking into account the physico-chemical characteristics and biological activity of primary and secondary metabolites as well as the botanical characteristics of the plants that are the source of their acquisition.

Optional subject – EXOTIC PLANTS AND THEIR ROLE IN COSMETOLOGY
(1st year, semester I)
Subject coordinator: dr hab. Katarzyna Sułkowska-Ziaja

Educational objectives:

• supplementing the knowledge provided in the subjects: Cosmetic plants, Cosmetic plant materials;
• familiarizing students with basic information on important species of exotic plants used in the production of cosmetics, not discussed in the compulsory education module.

Optional subject – ALGAE AND HIGHER MUSHROOMS AND THEIR ROLE IN COSMETOLOGY
(2nd year, semester III)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

Educational objectives:

• to familiarize students with the topics related to important species of algae and higher mushrooms, not covered by the framework of the compulsory education module, used in cosmetic preparations.

MEDICAL ANALYTICS

Optional subject – HERBAL MEDICINE
(1st year, semester II)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szopa

Educational objectives:

• the aim of the subject is to familiarize students with the basics of knowledge about traditional herbal medicine and modern phytotherapy;
• the student will acquire basic knowledge of the chemical composition and use of medicinal plants in the therapy of selected diseases, acquire skills in macroscopic recognition of selected species of medicinal plants and shape an attitude of interest in herbal medicine and its growing importance in modern medicine.

DOCTORAL SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES

Optional subject – PHARMACEUTICAL ASPECTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY OF PLANTS AND HIGHER MUSHROOMS
(2nd year, semester IV)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

Educational objectives:

• to familiarize doctoral students with the current state of biotechnological research and further prospects for its development based on global research and research of the Team of the Chair of Medicinal Plant and Mushroom Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University Medical College.

Optional subject – NATUROTHERAPY
(2nd year, semester III)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

Educational objectives:

• to familiarize doctoral students with natural resources and their use in modern medicine;
• to provide knowledge on the use of natural resources in the therapy of selected diseases.

FACULTY OF MEDICINE
DIETETICS

Optional subject – NATURAL RESOURCES IN PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF SELECTED DISEASES
(2nd year, semester IV)
Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

Educational objectives:
• to familiarize students with basic information on important natural medicinal resources that are important in a proper diet, prevention and therapy of selected diseases.

POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

NATURAL RESOURCES IN PREVENTION AND THERAPY

Subject coordinator: prof. dr hab. Bożena Muszyńska

ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE AND RECRUITMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE: https://skp.cm-uj.krakow.pl/surowce-naturalne-w-profilaktyce-i-terapii/

MASTER’S THESES
Admission criteria for master’s theses

Pharmacy

• Active participation in the Student’s Scientific Group of the Chair of Medicinal Plant and Mushroom Biotechnology or the Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy of the Jagiellonian University Medical College
• Minimum grade – good in the exam in the subject Pharmaceutical Botany
• Possible participation in optional subjects conducted by the Team of the Chair of Medicinal Plant and Mushroom Biotechnology and/or the Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy of the Jagiellonian University Medical College

Cosmetology

• Minimum grade – good in the exam in the subject Cosmetic Plants or Cosmetic Plant Materials
• Possible participation in optional subjects conducted by the Team of the Chair of Medicinal Plant and Mushroom Biotechnology and/or the Chair and Department of Pharmacognosy of the Jagiellonian University Medical College