Basic understanding and awareness of ethnopharmaceutical and ethnopharmacological issues and research. Knowledge of methods used in drug discovery from natural sources. Discussion of the issues around law and international treaties. Importance of ethnopharmaceutical knowledge for world health.

Microscopic analysis of plant material (pharmacopoeia). Chromatographic analysis of medicinal plants, extraction methods, qualitative/quantitative determination of medicinal plant constituents, isolation of natural products, identification/purity determination of herbal drugs and natural products by means of spectroscopic, chemical, and chromatographic methods.

In-depth discussion of selected examples of herbal drugs, including most recent research data. Discussion of selected examples of clinically used isolated natural products (and their derivatives) with a particular focus on antibiotics.

Carrying out a microscopic analysis of plant material, microchemical analyses relevant to secondary metabolites for the identification of plant material, recognition and documentation of microscopic features, as well as understanding of relevant literature on the topic of plant identification. Knowledge about microscopic characteristics of medicinal, toxic and psychoactive plant material.