Introduction of the Department of Pharmacognosy

Pharmacognosy, one of the basic disciplines of pharmacy, is a science that studies drugs of natural origin. Studies in this field; The traditional use of plants, herbal medicines, other organisms such as bacteria, fungi and in recent years have focused on marine species. Basic study subjects of pharmacognosy; natural origin drug discovery, biological activities of natural origin substances, plant-drug interaction and phytotherapy. Pharmacognosy; It is a branch of science that requires multidisciplinary work with botany, plant chemistry, microbiology and pharmacology. Pharmacognosy is today divided into three main parts: Natural product chemistry, ethnopharmacognosy, and phytotherapy.

The fields of study of our department are as follows; Isolation of secondary metabolites from nature and elucidation of their structures using spectroscopic methods, investigation of antioxidant, MAO and acetyl- and butyryl-cholinesterase activities of isolated pure compounds.

Introduction of the Department of Pharmacology

It is a science that studies the effects of drugs in living organisms and the structure of drugs taken into living organisms. At the same time, it is a medical and pharmaceutical science that contributes to drug development studies by researching the effects and biological structure of newly synthesized substances or isolated from plants in laboratory studies with experimental animals and clinical studies in humans. There are many sub-branches such as Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacokinetics, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Neuropharmacology, Psychopharmacology, Immunopharmacology, Endocrine Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Chronopharmacology, Biochemical Pharmacology, Molecular Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, Radio Pharmacology.

Introduction of the Department Department of Pharmaceutical Toxicology

Our department researches the interactions between chemicals and the biological system, examining them in terms of harmful consequences, and determining the harmlessness limits of chemical substances. Each chemical substance can have a toxic effect depending on its dose at the site of action. For this reason, the subject of toxicology is spread over a wide area as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, pesticides, food additives, household cleaning materials and industrial chemicals. In addition, toxicology deals with the adverse and side effects of drugs, toxic-drug interactions, the consequences of drug overdose and abuse, environmental and industrial pollution, and occupational health. With the increase in the use of chemical substances with modern life, the importance of toxicology is increasing day by day. Our department carries out various research projects together with other departments.

 Introduction of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

The Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry conducts research to make the compounds used as drugs more effective and less toxic, and to discover new drugs. In addition, it tries to synthesize new drugs with more rational approaches based on the structure-activity relationship, not coincidentally. The determination of the structure of a drug obtained by spectral methods, examining the relationships between its chemical structures and biological effects, elucidating the mechanisms of action at the molecular level, in vitro and in vivo studies to understand the changes that drugs undergo in biological systems are among the subjects of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Since drugs are organic compounds, a pharmaceutical chemist needs knowledge of organic chemistry for their synthesis, elucidation and analysis of their structures, and knowledge of biochemistry, pharmacology and molecular biology in order to understand the mechanisms of action of drugs and to develop new molecules that are more effective and have less side effects and toxicity.

Introduction of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy

Clinical pharmacy is a public health science which means that the pharmacist uses all pharmacy knowledge for the benefit of the patient. Today, clinical pharmacy services are also provided in hospitals, pharmacies and other areas where pharmacists work. The education given by our department covers topics such as, the understanding the definition and importance of clinical pharmacy, defining the role and duties of the clinical pharmacist, learning basic/clinical pharmacokinetic concepts and calculating the related mathematical parameters, learning the concepts of bioavailability and bioequivalence, evaluation of clinical biochemistry data, evaluation of drug pharmacokinetics and drug use in special patient groups (geriatric, pediatric , patients with liver and kidney failure), monitoring drug levels, evaluation of fluid-electrolyte imbalances and acid-base balance disorders in terms of drug therapy, learning the preparation of parenteral solutions for oncology pharmacy and hospital use and evaluation of drug interactions, side and adverse effects of the drug.