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330077 VO Wild Plants/Spices (2017S)

Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes

Mi 08.03.2017 09:45-13:00 UZA2-HS4
Mi 15.03.2017 13:15-16:00 UZA2-HS4
Mi 22.03.2017 09:45-13:00 UZA2-HS4
Mi 29.03.2017 13:15-16:30 UZA2-HS4
Mi 05.04.2017 09:45-13:00 UZA2-HS4
Mi 26.04.2017 09:45-13:00 UZA2-2F560
Mi 03.05.2017 09:45-13:00 UZA2-2D404
Mi 10.05.2017 09:45-13:00 UZA2-2C315


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Wild plants : botany, constituents and utilization of selected wild plants in human nutrition.
Spices: botany, quality, utilization, constituents. Basic lectures and special topics.

Assessment and permitted materials

multiple choice

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

wild Plants : Basics of classifying plants.
spices : to know the basics (botany, chemistry, culinary, medical use, quality and producing) of important spices .powerpoint, a picture gallery of wild plants (moodle) and selected examples of spices (quality and quality control).
Multiple choice test:
87 - 100 = 1
75- 86 = 2
63 - 74 = 3
50 - 62 = 4
0 – 49 = 5

Examination topics

What are wild plants? Characteristics and history (Capitulare de villis, Neunstärke; traditional cures in spring) . What is ethnobotany? Indigenously plants and others, vegetation types. Nitrate and nutrients. Plant families (incl. characteristic secondary metabolites) and their most important representatives (and doubles) ,presented in lecture . Plant families : Lamiaceae, Urticaceae, Alliaceae (Amaryllidaceae) , Convallariaceae, Colchicaceae, Araceae, Caryophyllaceae, Primulaceae, Violaceae, Ranunculaceae. Aristolochiaceae, Rosaceae, Boraginaceae, Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Cannabaceae, Asteraceae, Polygonaceae, Oxalidaceae, Plantaginaceae, Rubiaceae, Sambucaceae.
Spices: botany, quality, utilization and constituents of spices presented in lecture.

Reading list

see lecture

Association in the course directory

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