The higher state educational establishment of Ukraine

The actuality of the topic:
Medicinal plants are widely used in pharmacology. The names of medicinal
herbs in botanical nomenclature are very often different from the plant names which
are used in pharmaceutics, i. e. in the nomenclature of medicinal remedies.
It is necessary to differentiate botanical and pharmaceutical names of
medicinal plants, to understand binominal nomenclature, according to which each
plant (and animal) has two names: generic and specific, in order to use them
correctly in prescriptions.
2. The specific aims:
1. To know what botanical nomenclature is.
2. To differentiate botanical and pharmaceutical names of medicinal plants.
3. To know the difference between generic and specific names of medicinal
plants.
4. To know the meaning of some botanical and pharmaceutical names of
medicinal plants in English.
3. Basic knowledge, skills, habits, necessary for studying of the topic
(inter-disciplinary integration).
The names of the preceding disciplines
Biology
The acquired knowledge
Methods of classifying different kinds
of plants. The basic knowledge of
generic and specific names of plants
4. The tasks for independent work during the training for the studies
4.1. The list of basic terms, parameters, characteristics, which the
student should master while training for the studies.
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