ANL23001 Special Topics in Life Sciences C

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences

Lecture Code ANL23001 Subject Classification Specialized Education

Subject Name 生命科学特論Ｃ

Subject Name
（Katakana）セイメイカガクトクロンC

Subject Name in
English Special Topics in Life Sciences C

Instructor NANBA KOSUKE

Instructor
(Katakana) ナンバ　コウスケ

Campus Higashi-Hiroshima Semester/Term 2nd-Year,  First Semester,  Intensive

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (Int) Inte

Lesson Style Lecture Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Lecture, Discussion
Face-to-face lectures are prepared. Online lectures are optional, depending on the situation.

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 　 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 26 : Biological and Life Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 04 : Life Sciences

Eligible Students Students who major life sciences. Students who are interested in bioactive organic compounds.

Keywords Natural organic compound, Organic synthesis, Bioactivity, Iron chelate, Plant growth promoter

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) The lectures are given by Prof. Kosuke Namba of Tokushima University, an expert of organic synthesis. Students can learn the basics of natural product chemistry, the latest findings, experimental scientific approaches, and the attitude of a scientist.
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) Integrated Arts and Sciences
（Knowledge and Understanding）
・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework.
・The knowledge and understanding  to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines.
（Comprehensive Abilities）
・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge,  understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.

Class Objectives
/Class Outline All phenomena in nature involve chemical reactions. Various chemical reactions are involved in everything from the maintenance of life activities to mind and memory, in which organic compounds (molecules) are closely and elaborately involved. This lecture focuses on natural products (organic compounds produced by living organisms) related to life phenomena, and introduces natural products that have been developed as fertilizers and pharmaceuticals. Students will learn how organic molecules are involved in biological phenomena through chemical reactions by applying the basics of mechanisms in chemical reactions.

Class Schedule Lesson 1: Guidance & encouragement for study abroad
Lesson 2: Basics of chemical reaction: Why organic reactions proceed?
Lesson 3: Medicines from natural products
Lesson 4: Synthesis of natural products
Lesson 5: Mechanistic study in biological chemistry (Molecular probe)
Lesson 6: Natural product from wheat root (Mugineic acid)
Lesson 7: Synthesis of Mugineic acid: Formation of C-N bond
Lesson 8: Natural products synthesis contributes environmental issues (open seminar)

Students are required to submit reports at the end. No examination is obliged.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. Reference book: Beginners' Yuuki Kagaku by J. Kawabata (Kagaku Dojin, ISBN 978-4-7598-1539-9), Yuuki Kagaku by K. Kobayashi (Shokabo, ISBN　978-4-7853-3079-8)

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts

(More Details) Classes are conducted with the use of PowerPoint files, which are displayed on a screen.

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Post-class Report

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Students are required to actively ask questions or conduct research about what they cannot understand in the classes.

Requirements

Grading Method Evaluation is performed in a comprehensive manner based on students’ participation and attitude in classes,  discussions, and reports.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message Lectures are scheduled from Sep 25th (Thu) to 26th (Fri), 2025.

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	School of Integrated Arts and Sciences Department of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Lecture Code	ANL23001	Subject Classification	Specialized Education
Subject Name	生命科学特論Ｃ
Subject Name （Katakana）	セイメイカガクトクロンC
Subject Name in English	Special Topics in Life Sciences C
Instructor	NANBA KOSUKE
Instructor (Katakana)	ナンバ　コウスケ
Campus	Higashi-Hiroshima	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, Intensive
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(Int) Inte
Lesson Style	Lecture	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Lecture, Discussion Face-to-face lectures are prepared. Online lectures are optional, depending on the situation.
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week		Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	3 : Undergraduate High-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	26 : Biological and Life Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	04 : Life Sciences
Eligible Students	Students who major life sciences. Students who are interested in bioactive organic compounds.
Keywords	Natural organic compound, Organic synthesis, Bioactivity, Iron chelate, Plant growth promoter
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Educational Program (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	The lectures are given by Prof. Kosuke Namba of Tokushima University, an expert of organic synthesis. Students can learn the basics of natural product chemistry, the latest findings, experimental scientific approaches, and the attitude of a scientist.
Criterion referenced Evaluation (Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students)	Integrated Arts and Sciences （Knowledge and Understanding）・Knowledge and understanding of the importance and characteristics of each discipline and basic theoretical framework. ・The knowledge and understanding to fully recognize the mutual relations and their importance among individual academic diciplines. （Comprehensive Abilities）・The ability to conduct research proactively by combining knowledge, understanding, and skills for the tasks, based on flexible creativity and imagination.
Class Objectives /Class Outline	All phenomena in nature involve chemical reactions. Various chemical reactions are involved in everything from the maintenance of life activities to mind and memory, in which organic compounds (molecules) are closely and elaborately involved. This lecture focuses on natural products (organic compounds produced by living organisms) related to life phenomena, and introduces natural products that have been developed as fertilizers and pharmaceuticals. Students will learn how organic molecules are involved in biological phenomena through chemical reactions by applying the basics of mechanisms in chemical reactions.
Class Schedule	Lesson 1: Guidance & encouragement for study abroad Lesson 2: Basics of chemical reaction: Why organic reactions proceed? Lesson 3: Medicines from natural products Lesson 4: Synthesis of natural products Lesson 5: Mechanistic study in biological chemistry (Molecular probe) Lesson 6: Natural product from wheat root (Mugineic acid) Lesson 7: Synthesis of Mugineic acid: Formation of C-N bond Lesson 8: Natural products synthesis contributes environmental issues (open seminar) Students are required to submit reports at the end. No examination is obliged.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	Reference book: Beginners' Yuuki Kagaku by J. Kawabata (Kagaku Dojin, ISBN 978-4-7598-1539-9), Yuuki Kagaku by K. Kobayashi (Shokabo, ISBN　978-4-7853-3079-8)
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts
(More Details)	Classes are conducted with the use of PowerPoint files, which are displayed on a screen.
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Post-class Report
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Students are required to actively ask questions or conduct research about what they cannot understand in the classes.
Requirements
Grading Method	Evaluation is performed in a comprehensive manner based on students’ participation and attitude in classes, discussions, and reports.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message	Lectures are scheduled from Sep 25th (Thu) to 26th (Fri), 2025.
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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