COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KIM 4217 CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL COMPOUNDS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Chemistry

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SERAP ALP

Offered to

Chemistry (Evening)
Chemistry

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to inform students about natural organic compounds, their classification and isolation methods are given.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have knowledge about classification and chemical structure of herbal substances
2   Have information about elemental composition of natural compounds and isolation methods from natural compounds,
3   Have information about the structure of Carbohydrates; Lipids; Terphenes and Terphenoides Oils; Phospholipids.
4   Have information about Prostaglandines; Steroids; Waxes; Amino acids and Proteins.
5   Have information about Alkaloides; Flavonoides; Organic Acids; Vitamines

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, Herbal substances, their chassification, chemical structure, elemental composition,
2 Isolation methods from natural compounds
3 Classification and chemical structure Carbohydrates
4 Lipids; Terphenes and Terphenoides, Oils
5 Phospholipids; Prostaglandines
6 Homework presentation
7 Homework presentation
8 Mid-term exam
9 Steroids, Waxes
10 Amino acids and Proteins
11 Alkaloides, Flavonoides
12 Organic Acids, Vitamines
13 Homework presentation
14 Homework presentation

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Textbook(s): Chemistry of Natural Products, Bhat, S.V., Nagasanpagi, B.A., Sivakumar, M. (1st Eds.): Berlin, Springer, 2005.
Supplementary Book(s): Natural Products Chemistry, Nakanishi, K., Goto, T., Ito, S., Natori, Nozoe, S. (3rd Eds.):California, University Science Boks, 1983

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Lecture, question and answer technique, homework, examples

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Student will be evaluated with midterm exams, homework presentation and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To continue 70% of the classes throughout the semester is students own responsibility. The specified class times must be complied with. Unethical behavior that may occur in class and on exams, will be acting within the framework of the relevant regulations. D.E.U. Science Faculty implementation principles of teaching and examination regulations can be found at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

D.E.U. Science Faculty Department of Chemistry
e-mail: serap.alp@deu.edu.tr, gulsiye.ozturk@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Everyday 13.00-13.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparation for midterm exam 1 16 16
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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