This is a problem-based case study looks at the isolation, identification and synthesis of a pharmaceutical drug. Students are involved in screening natural herbal remedies for their active ingredients. 

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The students consider short-term experiments that would be required to isolate and identify the active ingredient in some dried leaves from Malaysia. Students then propose longer-term experiments required to bring the drug to the market place including costing exercises.

  • Target year group: 1
  • Formal contact hours: 3-4
  • Independent study hours: 8