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SIK 2011 ETHNOBOTANY Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Principles of ethnobotany; the different disciplines of Final Examination: 60%
ethnobotany; the roles of ethnobotany in modern society;
plants and their origins; the role of taxonomy in Medium of Instruction:
ethnobotany; medicinal plants from ethnobotany; English
conservation and ethnobotany; evaluating economic
values of ethnobotany; use of ecology in ethnobotany. Soft Skills:
CS2, CT3, LL2
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 40% Main References:
Final Examination: 60% 1. Edward. P. Claus; Varro. E. Tyler and Lynn. R. (1970)
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Pharmacognosy 6 edition.
Medium of Instruction: 2. William Charles Evans (1996) Trease and Ebans’
English Pharmacognosy 14 edition. Saunders.
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3. Muhamad Zakaria and Mustafa Ali Mohd (1994)
Soft Skills: Traditional Malay Medicinal Plants, Penerbit Fajar
CT3, LL2 Bakti Sdn Bhd.
4. Christophe wiart (2000) Mecidinal Plants of southeast
Main References: Asia, Pelanduk Publications.
1. Martin, G.J. 1996. Ethnobotany A Methods Manual. 5. Malaysian Herbal Monograph (1999) Volume 1,
Chapman & Hall, London Published by the Malaysian Monograph committee.
2. Chadwick, D.J. & Marsh, J. (eds.) (1995). Ethnobotany
and the Search for New Drugs. CIBA foundation
Symnosium 185. John Wiley & Sons. Chicester. SIK 2014 PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
3. Schultes, R.E. & von Reis, S. (eds.)(1995).
Ethnobotany Evolution of a Discipline. Dioscorides Biology of sex; sex ratio; structure of male and female
Press. Portland. reproductive system; spermatogenesis; oogenesis;
folliculogenesis; endocrinology of reproduction; menstrual
cycle and oestrous cycle; fertilization; embryo cleavage;
SIK 2012 MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY foetal development; pregnancy; birth; lactation; infertility
and sterility; technology of reproduction.
Arthropods as agents and vectors of human diseases. The
vector-parasite relationships. Mechanical vectors and Assessment Methods:
biological vectors. The biology, life-cycle, epidemiology of Continuous Assessment: 40%
diseases caused by mosquitoes, flies, ticks, bugs, lice, Final Examination: 60%
fleas, mites, cockroaches bedbugs ; vector control.
Medium of Instruction:
Assessment Methods: English
Continuous Assessment: 40%
Final Examination: 60% Soft Skills:
CS1, CT3, LL2, EM1
Medium of Instruction:
English Main References:
1. Hillier, S.G., H.C. Kitchener and J.P. Neilson. 1996.
Soft Skills: Scientific essential of reproductive medicine. W.B.
CS3, CT3, LL2, EM2 Saunders Company Limited. London.
2. Hogart, P.J. 1978. Biology of reproduction. Blackie.
Main References: Glasgow and London.
1. Medical entomology for students (2000) - MW 3. Austin, C.R. and R.V. Short. 1988. Reproduction in
Service/Cambridge Univ Press mammals.Books 1- 5. Cambridge University Press.
2. Medical Lab Manual for Tropical Countries(1983) - Cambridge.
Monica Cheesborough / ELBS 4. Knobil, E. and J.D. Neill. 1994. The physiology of
3. Entomologi Perubatan (1993) - Sallehudin Sulaiman/ reproduction. Volumes 1-2. Raven Press. New York.
DBP 5. Nalbandow, A.V. 1976. Reproductive physiology of
4. Medical & Veterinary Entomology(1995) - D S mammals and birds. W.H. Freeman and Company.
Kettle/CAB Intl San Francisco.
5. Biology of Blood-sucking Insects (1991) –M J
Lehane/Harpers Academic
6. Forensic entomology: the utility of arthropods in legal SIK 2015 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE
investigations (2001) - Byrd, Jason H./CRC Press MEDICINE

Principles of complementary alternative medicine; the
SIK 2013 PHARMACOGNOSY diversity of complementary alternative medicine and
therapies; the roles of alternative medicine in modern
Introduction to pharmacognosy, crude drug, commerce in society; mind body medicine; naturopathic medicine;
drug, preparatition of drugs for commercial market, environmental medicine; diet and health; detoxification
evaluation of drug and chromatographic study of drugs, therapies.
chemical classification of drugs, carbohydrates and
related compounds, glycosides, tannins, lipids, volatile Assessment Methods:
oils, resins and resin combinations, alkaloids and Continuous Assessment: 40%
poisonous plants. Final Examination: 60%
Medium of Instruction:
English

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