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Medipol University

Department of Pharmacognosy

Pharmacognosy, one of the fundamental disciplines of the pharmacy curriculum, is the branch of science that studies medicinal substances derived from plants and other natural sources. It is a multidisciplinary field closely related to areas such as botany, biochemistry, pharmacology, and ethnomedicine. The Department of Pharmacognosy offers Pharmacognosy courses to pharmacy students over three semesters and a Phytotherapeutics course for one semester.

The research areas of the Department of Pharmacognosy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Istanbul Medipol University include:

  1. Isolation of compounds with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity through activity-guided fractionation
  2. Isolation and structural elucidation of secondary metabolites from plants, particularly terpenoid and phenolic compounds

Academic Staff

Prof. Dr. Fatma Tosun (Head of Department)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Esra Karadağ

Asst. Prof. Dr. Tuğba İduğ

Asst. Prof. Dr. Şule Nur Kantemur

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Öz

Res. Asst. Sümeyye Elif Kahya

Res. Asst. Hikmet Gülben Güç

Technician Buse Erdoğan

 

Department of Pharmacognosy Organizational Chart

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Publication Date: 03/04/2026 - 11:29Last Update Date: 03/04/2026 - 11:56

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