COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CHEMOTAXONOMY IN PLANTS SYSTEMATIC

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Biology

Course Objective

To educate experts who can use chemotaxonomic methods to give reliable results in rapid solution of phylogenetic relations of plants in classification of taxonomic problem species.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the nature and origin of chemotaxonomy
2   To know the properties and chemistry of metabolic compounds used in plant taxonomy
3   To know chemical techniques applied in chemotaxonomy
4   To know numerical taxonomy methods
5   To be able to do taxonomic analysis of the obtained data

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introductıon History of Chemotaxonomy, Origin and Nature Chemotaxonomy, Importance of Chemotaxonomy
2 Compounds Using In Plant Taxonomy, Primary and Secondary Metabolites
3 Secondary Metabolites Alkaloids, General Properties Of The Alkaloids And Systematic Value, Some Major Classes Of Alkaloids, Spesific Examples Of Alkaloids Of Systematic Significance, Effect Of Enviromental Factors On Alkaloids
4 Phenolic substances Structure Of Phenolic substances, Systematic aspects of the distribution on phenolic Compounds
5 Terpenoids, Oils and wakes
6 Carbonhydrates Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, Polysaccharides
7 Chemıcal technıques for chemotaxonomy Concentration from plant material
8 Mid-term examination
9 Chemıcal technıques for chemotaxonomy Acetone- Extraction of Fresh Material, Extraction In Stages, MethanolExtraction of Dried Drugs, Extraction With Water
10 Seperatıon Methods Serology, Electroforesis
11 Seperatıon Methods Chromatography, Types Of Chromatography(TLC, HPLC), Adsorbans For Chromatography
12 Differentiation of the Phenolic Spots
13 Numerical Analyses In Chemotaxonomy
14 General discussion
15 Final examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Stace, C.A. (Ed) plant taxonomy and Biosystematics. Edward Arnold. London. (1980)
Harborne JB Phytochemical Methods A guide to Modern Techniques of Plant Analysis. London Chapman and Hall. (1973)
Alston, R.E. and B.L. Turner (Eds): Biochemical Systematic Prentice Hall,Englewood Cliff New Jersey (1963)
Hawkes; J.G. (Ed) Chemotaxonomy and Serotaxonomy. Academic press New York (1968)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and take part in the discussion sessions. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned for that week and presented to open a discussion session.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

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

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

m.nakipoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.3433453434
LO.455554
LO.554454545

CONTACT INFORMATION
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