Overview

The Public Health Program at. Chulalongkorn University's provides various types and durations of study to respond to students’ needs as follows

Key facts

• Scientific researches on safety, efficacy and quality of herbal medicines
• Herbology: herbal materials authentication using botanical, chemical and molecular techniques;
• Pharmacognostic specification of herbal materials with special reference to chemically active substances; biological activities of herbal materials;
• Qualitative and quantitative analytical techniques in herbal sciences;
• Aromatherapy: chemistry of essential oils and their therapeutic effects; extraction and chemical characterization of essential oils;
• Traditional medicine:
• In vitro investigation of safety, efficacy and quality of herbal remedy (examples of Herbal Sciences are plants, animals or minerals
• Extraction, isolation or purification of natural products from medicinal plants or some microorganisms.
• Chemistry of essential oils and their therapeutic effects.
• Standardization of herbal drugs
• Biological activities and underlying mechanisms of medicinal plants
• Development of natural-based products