Department of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine.
About the Department
The Department is involved in research in the field of study, discovery and development of herbal drugs, phytopharmaceuticals and microbial products; quality control and analysis of principal components, enhanced in-vitro production of secondary metabolites, using plant tissue culture and fermentation technologies.
Courses offered by the Department Pharmacognosy and herbal medicine
| Serial | Course title | Course code | Level |
| 1 | Biology | PHCG1003 | 2 |
| 2 | Pharmacognosy | PHCG1005 | 4 |
| 3 | Pharmaceutical Microbiology | PHCG1504 | 7 |
| 4 | Natural Products Chemistry | PHCG1501 | 8 |
| 5 | Immunology | PHCG1505 | 9 |
| 6 | Complementary and Alternative Medicine | PHCG1506 | 9 |
| 7 | Clinical Microbiology | PHCG1752 | 11 |
| 8 | Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | PHCG1753 | 13 |
| 9 | Stem cell and gene therapy (Elective) | PHCG1755 | 15 |
| 10 | Natural cosmetics (Elective) | PHCG1756 | 15 |
Staff Members of the Pharmacognosy and herbal medicine department
| No. | Name | Specialization | Academic Rank | E-mail address |
| 1 | Dr. Fatima Alzahra | Pharmaceutical Microbiology | Associate Professor | fgomaa@bu.edu.sa |
| 2 | Dr. Hassan Samaha | Pharmaceutical Microbiology | Associate Professor | hsamaha@bu.edu.ss |
| 3 | Prof. Mahmoud Kourish
| Pharmacognosy
| Professor | mhkourish@bu.edu.sa |
| 4 | Prof. Nasser Awadh | Pharmacognosy | Professor | naali@bu.edu.sa |
| 5 | Mr. Abdulsalam Althobaiti | Pharmaceutical Microbiology | Lecturer | a.althobaiti@bu.edu.sa |
| 6 | Mr. Ibrahim Almarabi | Pharmacognosy | Assistant Professor | almarabi@bu.edu.sa |
| 7 | Ms.Kholoud Jammal | Pharmacognosy | Demonstrator | khlood@bu.edu.sa |
Contact us
Head of the Department of Pharmacognosy and Herbal Medicine
Dr. Khder Alatwai (Please click here)
University Main Campus, Building 2, office S149
Email: kalatwai@bu.edu.sa
Extension: 14889
