Date  Lecture Topic  Text reading (some of this is required)

1.  Historical Aspects of Medicinal Plants

Aug     31 Plants: Visible world    Chap. 1 (Medical Botany Chapter 1 required)
Sept       2 Plants: Invisible world 
Sept       4 History of medicinal plants  Herb Book 3-6; 10-17  Author, John Lust on internet, ECR of library
                                                          (Required Reading)  http://ecr.sdsu.edu/courseindex.asp (location– Misc file)

Sept       7 Holiday-Labor day  Campus closed
Sept       9 History of medicinal plants
Sept     11 Physical Properties: color and odor

Sept     14 Growth and preparation of herbs with in-class demonstration Last day to drop classes (6:00 pm deadline)
Sept     16 Alternative Medicine: Plants vs. Drugs  Last day to add classes or change grading basis (6:00 pm deadline)
Sept     18 Alternative Medicine: Patent medicine vs. Generic drugs & Drug Laws  
 

2. Toxic and Poisonous Plants

Sept    21 Poisonous Properties                                                                               Chap. 2:11-20 (Medical Botany)
Sept    23 Poisonous Properties                                                                               (omit tables and figure in Medical Botany)
Sept    25 The nervous system:  The action of drugs Chap. 6:150-164, Figs. 6-3, 6-5, 6-6 (Medical Botany)(Exam 1 review)

Sept    28 Allergy  Chap. 3:64-68, 73-74, 76-78 (Medical Botany)
Sept    30 Allergy drugs and treatments  Chap. 3: 81-82; 86 (Medical Botany)
Oct       2 Exam 1 (Friday)

3. Indian Uses of Medicinal Plants

Oct       5 Plants of Mexico: Aztec Medicinal Plants
Oct       7 Plants of Mexico: Aztec Medicinal Plants
Oct       9 Medicinal Plants and Tropical rain forests Read Mark Plotkin Book: Tales of a Shaman's apprentice and see Library Video

Oct     12 Medicinal Plants and Tropical rain forests; Shaman's Apprentice Book (Required Reading)
            (On Exam 2, 30 point essay)

4. Herbal Medicines

Oct      14 Skin   Chap. 14:336-338,340,343,347 (Medical Botany)
Oct      16 Skin    p. 347 (bottom of page), 353 (top of page on warts; recall Gardasil® new immunization against Papilloma virus)
                                                                                                           cut off age ~26 years old for women...     

Oct      19 Oral Hygiene (teeth)  Chap. 10:226-227
Oct      21 Oral Hygiene (teeth)  Chap. 10: 242-244 and 246. This is slightly different from the published hard copy syllabus.
Oct      23 Respiratory system (Exam 2 review)  Chap. 7 (all)

Oct      26 Circulatory system
Oct      28 Aphrodisiacs Chap. 13:324-327, 331-33 Aphrodisiacs will be on the Final Exam, not Exam 2
Oct      30 Exam 2

Nov       2 Plants of Witchcraft  Chap. 18:406, 416-417, 419-424
Nov       4 Birth Control  Chap. 13:316-321
Nov       6 Birth Control  Chap. 13:316-321

Nov       9 Vitamins   Chap. 8:203-210
Nov     11 Holiday-Veteran's day Campus closed
Nov     13 Longevity 

5. Psychoactive Plants

Nov    16 Longevity
Nov    18 Psychoactive Plants:  Depressants Chap. 19:437-442
Nov    20 Psychoactive Plants:  Depressants Chap. 19:437-442

Nov    23 Psychoactive Plants:  Stimulants Chap. 17 (all)
Nov    25 Psychoactive Plants:  Stimulants
Nov    27 Thanksgiving Recess Campus closed

Nov    30 Psychoactive Plants:  Hallucinogens Chap. 18:406,416-417,
Dec      2 Psychoactive Plants:  Hallucinogens Chap. 18:406,419-424
Dec      4 Psychoactive Plants:  Hallucinogens Chap. 18:406,419-424

Dec      7 Anesthetics: Xylocaine, Cocaine, etc. Chap. 17:380-381
Dec      9 Headaches and headache drugs
Dec    11 Last day of class (Final Exam Review)

December 18 (Friday)  FINAL EXAM in Communications 207  (Com 207) Classroom  0800-1000     (eight o'clock start time)
 

The final exam begins at 0800 (eight o'clock) On Friday Dec 18, 2009. This means  the final exam begins at 0800, (eight o'clock)
 
 

Explanation of reading:  All library articles are listed under Biology 326 in the library reserve room which
is just south (to the left) of the dome entrance to the library.  The library reading is helpful, but only Chapter 1 of the Medical Botany and the Herb Book pages 2-6 and 10-17 (Library reserve on library electronic reserve Misc. file.) are required reading. The other optional pages to be read appear on the class web site. http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/bizzoco/description.html above.

The library electronic reserve with exams or articles can be accessed through the web site for this class. You will need an Adobe PDF reader (www.adobe.com) and the password will be handed out in class.

Prior exams web site: http://ecr.sdsu.edu/courseindex.asp
 

All textbook readings listed in Lewis and Lewis Medical Botany are suggested reading. All EXCEPT Chapter 1 in Medical Botany and the Herb Book 3-6 & 10-17. Both of these are required reading and appear on Exam 1
   

Again, all text book assignments in Lewis and Lewis Medical Botany are optional reading with these exceptions, Chapter 1 is required and Lust the Herb Book pages 3-6 and 10-17 are also required reading. For exam 2, Tales of a shaman's apprentice by Mark Plotkin. There is a video in the library media reserve room with the same name. Material in these first two readings can and does appear on exam 1.  For the other suggested optional readings look at the specific page assignments on the web site that are listed lecture by lecture.
 

The final exam begins at 0800 (eight o'clock).