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Medium of Instruction: 5. Biology of Blood-sucking Insects (1991) –M J
English Lehane/Harpers Academic
6. Forensic entomology: the utility of arthropods in legal
Soft Skills: investigations (2001) - Byrd, Jason H./CRC Press
CS1, CT3, LL2

Main References: SIK 2013 PHARMACOGNOSY
1. Medical parasitology: a self-instructional text
(2004) Leventhal, Ruth./ F.A.Davis Co Introduction to pharmacognosy, crude drug, commerce in
2. Medical Lab Manual for Tropical Countries Vol 1 &2 drug, preparatition of drugs for commercial market,
(2000) – Monica Cheeseborough / ELBS evaluation of drug and chromatographic study of drugs,
3. Human parasitology (2000) Bogistsh pub Elsevier chemical classification of drugs, carbohydrates and
4. Modern Parasitology (1992) - FEG Cox pub Blackwell related compounds, glycosides, tannins, lipids, volatile
5. Parasitologi Perubatan (1988) – Vijaya Thomas DBP oils, resins and resin combinations, alkaloids and
6. Color atlas of tropical medicine and parasitology poisonous plants.
(1995) Peters, Wallace, 1924- / Morsby-wolfe
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
SIK 2011 ETHNOBOTANY Final Examination: 60%

Principles of ethnobotany; the different disciplines of Medium of Instruction:
ethnobotany; the roles of ethnobotany in modern society; English
plants and their origins; the role of taxonomy in
ethnobotany; medicinal plants from ethnobotany; Soft Skills:
conservation and ethnobotany; evaluating economic CS2, CT3, LL2
values of ethnobotany; use of ecology in ethnobotany.
Main References:
Assessment Methods: 1. Edward. P. Claus; Varro. E. Tyler and Lynn. R. (1970)
th
Continuous Assessment: 40% Pharmacognosy 6 edition.
Final Examination: 60% 2. William Charles Evans (1996) Trease and Ebans’
th
Pharmacognosy 14 edition. Saunders.
Medium of Instruction: 3. Muhamad Zakaria and Mustafa Ali Mohd (1994)
English Traditional Malay Medicinal Plants, Penerbit Fajar
Bakti Sdn Bhd.
Soft Skills: 4. Christophe wiart (2000) Mecidinal Plants of southeast
CT3, LL2 Asia, Pelanduk Publications.
5. Malaysian Herbal Monograph (1999) Volume 1,
Main References: Published by the Malaysian Monograph committee.
1. Martin, G.J. 1996. Ethnobotany A Methods Manual.
Chapman & Hall, London
2. Chadwick, D.J. & Marsh, J. (eds.) (1995). Ethnobotany SIK 2014 PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
and the Search for New Drugs. CIBA foundation
Symnosium 185. John Wiley & Sons. Chicester. Biology of sex; sex ratio; structure of male and female
3. Schultes, R.E. & von Reis, S. (eds.)(1995). reproductive system; spermatogenesis; oogenesis;
Ethnobotany Evolution of a Discipline. Dioscorides folliculogenesis; endocrinology of reproduction; menstrual
Press. Portland. cycle and oestrous cycle; fertilization; embryo cleavage;
foetal development; pregnancy; birth; lactation; infertility
and sterility; technology of reproduction.
SIK 2012 MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Assessment Methods:
Arthropods as agents and vectors of human diseases. The Continuous Assessment: 40%
vector-parasite relationships. Mechanical vectors and Final Examination: 60%
biological vectors. The biology, life-cycle, epidemiology of
diseases caused by mosquitoes, flies, ticks, bugs, lice, Medium of Instruction:
fleas, mites, cockroaches bedbugs ; vector control. English

Assessment Methods: Soft Skills:
Continuous Assessment: 40% CS1, CT3, LL2, EM1
Final Examination: 60%
Main References:
Medium of Instruction: 1. Hillier, S.G., H.C. Kitchener and J.P. Neilson. 1996.
English Scientific essential of reproductive medicine. W.B.
Saunders Company Limited. London.
Soft Skills: 2. Hogart, P.J. 1978. Biology of reproduction. Blackie.
CS3, CT3, LL2, EM2 Glasgow and London.
3. Austin, C.R. and R.V. Short. 1988. Reproduction in
Main References: mammals.Books 1- 5. Cambridge University Press.
1. Medical entomology for students (2000) - MW Cambridge.
Service/Cambridge Univ Press 4. Knobil, E. and J.D. Neill. 1994. The physiology of
2. Medical Lab Manual for Tropical Countries(1983) - reproduction. Volumes 1-2. Raven Press. New York.
Monica Cheesborough / ELBS 5. Nalbandow, A.V. 1976. Reproductive physiology of
3. Entomologi Perubatan (1993) - Sallehudin Sulaiman/ mammals and birds. W.H. Freeman and Company.
DBP San Francisco.
4. Medical & Veterinary Entomology(1995) - D S
Kettle/CAB Intl

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