Module Name Medicinal plants and simplicia
Module level, if applicable 1st semester
Code, if applicable SFA-218
Semester (s) in which the module is taught 2nd semester
Person responsible for the module Arde Toga Nugraha, M.Sc.,Apt
Lecturer(s) Arde Toga Nugraha, M.Sc.,Apt

Dr. apt. Asih Triastuti, M.Pharm
Language Bilingual
Relation to curriculum Compulsory course
Types of teaching and learning Class size Attendance time (hours per week per semester) Forms of active participation Workload
Lecture  50 1.5 Discussion Lectures: 1.5 (hour) x14 meeting 21
Preparation and follow up: 3 (hour) x 14 (self-learning) 42
Group projects 50 1.5 Report writting Preparation and follow up: 2×7 (self-preparation) 14
Practical: 1.5×2 (meeting) 3
Total workload 80 hours
ECTS 2.86 ECTS
Credit points 2 CU
Requirements according to examination regulations Minimum attendance at lectures is 75% (according to UII regulation). Final score is evaluated based on assignment and reports (40%), mid semester exam (30%), and end semester exam (30%).   
Recommended prerequisites – 
Related course – 
Module objectives/intended learning Students are able to: 

  1. apply discipline and responsibility during lectures
  2. explain a brief history of medicinal plant in the treatment of diseases, prophetic medicine, the biodiversity of medicinal plants and sources of bioactive material from plants
  3. describe the anatomy, morphology and physiology of medicinal plants 
  4. explain the post-harvest process, the factors that affect the simplicia during the post-harvest process, and the appropriate methods of simplicia storage
  5. explain the purposes of quality analysis on simplicia and the application of  quality analysis during the evaluation of simplicia as raw material
Content This course is designed to provide the student with an opportunity to gain natural medicine knowledge anr to explore an area of interest related to medicinal plant biodiversity, anatomy, morphology, physiology, technology and post-harvest processing of medicinal plants.
Study and examination requirements and forms of examination Mid-term, final term, assignment and reports
Media employed Text books, slides (power points), video, interactive media
Reading lists
  1. Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyya, 2003. The prophetic medicine, Al Mansoura, Egypt. 
  2. Evans, W.C., 2009. Trease and Evan’s Pharmacognosy. 16th ed. ELBS, London.
  3. Jackson, B.P., & Snowdon, D.W., 1990, Atlas of microscopy of medicinal plants, culinary herbs and spices, London, Belhaven Press.
  4. Kaufman, P.B., Glimn-Lacy, J., 2006, Botany Illustrated: Introduction to plants, major groups, flowering plant family, Springer Science + Business Media, NY, USA 
  5. Singh, G. 2010. Plant Systematics. Science Publisher. New Hampshire. USA
  6. Heinrich M. Barnes J. Gibbons S. Williamson EM. 2004. Fundamentals of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy. Churchill Livingston. Edinburgh.
  7. DepKesRI., 1985. Cara pembuatan simplisia, Indonesia
  8. World Health Organization, 1998. Quality Control Methods for Medicinal Plant Materials
  9. WHO. 2003. Good agricultural and collection practice (GACP) for medicinal plants, geneva
  10. Depkes RI, 2010, Farmakope Herbal