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Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty of Pharmacy

The classes for study program of integrated academic study of pharmacy are held at the faculty of Pharmacy of the University ‘’Bijeljina’’. The study program lasts five years, and is envisaged as a "unique study program that includes the first and second cycle of studies". It is a study program that maximally meets all the standards necessary to perform almost all jobs in the economy, in the field of pharmacy. Therefore, it is envisaged that graduates of pharmacy will be able to directly enroll in doctoral studies, which will be organized by this University after reaching certain standards for this level of education (third cycle of studies).

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Botany

The goal of practical classes in botany is to acquaint students with basic knowledge of morphology, anatomy and physiology of plants important for pharmacy.

The goal of practical classes in botany is to acquaint students with basic knowledge of morphology, anatomy and physiology of plants important for pharmacy.

During the practical classes, students get acquainted with the basics of plant anatomy, using a microscope and observing permanent preparations, they learn to independently recognize different plant tissues, organs and the specifics of their structure. Microscopic analysis of roots, stems and leaves was performed as part of permanent preparations.

The second part of the exercises involves getting acquainted with the basic concepts of morphology and systematics of plants necessary for the identification of underground and aboveground plant organs as well as the determination of plant species. In this part of the practical teaching, the students were preparing herbariums and using botanical literature, they were able to recognize the plants envisaged by the plan.

Pharmacognosy

At the exercises in Pharmacognosy, students gain knowledge and skills related to the identification of herbal drugs, its biological source, recognize the morphological and anatomical characteristics of drugs, gain knowledge about the possibility of using herbal drugs, and learn methods of drug quality testing. All these knowledge and skills were acquired through performing the following exercises:

  1. Identification of herbal drugs by conducting macroscopic (organoleptic) analysis of drugs, which is based on examination using the senses: appearance, size, consistency, color, smell and taste of the drug.
  2. Microscopic and microchemical analysis of drugs, which is based on observation of a permanent preparation of plant tissue or drug powder in a general reagent under a microscope and determination of herbal drugs based on the anatomy of plant tissue and localization of characteristic or active ingredients.
  3. Drug testing according to appropriate standards given in pharmacopoeias and other regulations, such as identification, testing of general quality of herbal drugs and testing of specific drug quality (drug values).

Drug Analytics

Drug Analytics I as a subject that is taken in the 7th semester of integrated academic studies of pharmacy and Drug Analysis II, which is taken in the 8th semester, include a fund of 30 hours of theoretical and 15 hours of practical classes. During the theoretical classes, students were introduced to the examination of physical, chemical, biological and pharmaceutical-technological properties of drugs using the methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis, in order to assess their quality.

During the practical classes, students practiced quantitative analysis of pharmaceutical forms using volumetric and spectroscopic methods. Quality control is one of the procedures that every drug must go through and whose requirements must be met before obtaining a marketing authorization, and the goal of conducting practical classes in Drug Analytics is to introduce students to the importance and procedure of independent work. quality control of pharmaceutical forms present on the market.

Pharmacognosy II

Permanent cross-sectional preparations of herbal drugs.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry II

Exercises in Pharmaceutical Chemistry II are of experimental character and within them methods of qualitative analysis are carried out, whereby the student's task is to identify the medicinal substance, i.e., to prove which parts (atoms, molecules, ions) the test substance consists of. Their chemical and physical properties are used to determine the qualitative composition of pharmaceutical-chemical substances.

  1. In order to determine the molecular structure of pharmaceutical substances, spectroscopic methods are most often used, which are based on radiation absorption. Thus, the exercises were performed: v spectrophotometric determination (diazepam, ibuprofen, ketoconozole, theobromine, diclofenac, nicotinamide ...)
    v IR and NMR identification (spectrum interpretation)
  2. Determining the melting point of synthesized substances is a simple method, on the basis of which students determined the identity of substances and checked the degree of purity.
  3. Chemical reactions of identification of pharmaceutical-chemical substances Evidence reactions are based on the chemical reaction of a test substance with a reagent (a substance of known composition), whereby compounds of characteristic properties are formed. Characteristic properties, on the basis of which the presence of a substance is determined, can be: change of color (appearance or disappearance of color), construction of sediment, separation of gas with characteristic smell, color or some other property. For students, performing evidentiary reactions is very simple and interesting.
  4. Testing the degree of purity
    Purity testing Limit tests are qualitative tests used to identify and control impurities present in substances. The students successfully examined the degree of purity of pharmaceutical-chemical substances during the exercises. This is very important because the purity of the medicinal substance contributes to the safety, efficiency, and quality of the final product as a therapeutic agent.
  5. Tank cromatography

Sensitive methods that ensure adequate selectivity must be used in the analysis of pharmaceutical drugs. Chromatographic methods are most often used for separation, identification and quantitative analysis of multicomponent pharmaceutical forms, as well as for testing the degree of purity.
Monographs Ph. Eur. they prescribe, economically justified and simpler, the method of thin layer chromatography (TLC) for identification.

Analytical Chemistry I

In the exercises in Analytical Chemistry I, the student acquired basic knowledge of qualitative chemical analysis, and through the exercises they were able to solve the following analytical problems such as sample preparation, cation and anion identification using selected reagents and identification of unknown substances.

In the methods of qualitative analysis, the student translated ions into compounds of characteristic properties, on the basis of which it is possible to identify the appropriate compounds in the analysis. These are the most common reactions in which a precipitate separates or the color of the solution changes.

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About us

The University of Bijeljina was established by the College of Health Care Bijeljina, based on the Consent of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Srpska.

The mission of the University is to enable the acquisition of new knowledge, skills and competencies, primarily for candidates from Semberija and surrounding regions, then the Republic of Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina and from other interested countries. That is, performing educational scientific research and knowledge transfer in the economy.