ASSIGNMENT GTN3353

You need to identify 5 main active compounds present in selected medicinal herbs and explain their
characteristics and medicinal properties. You also need to identify 3 traditional uses of selected herb
and 3 modern use/current products that consist of the selected herbs (the product can be mixture of
few herbs or only 1 herb). Below is list of herbs assigned to each student. All of the answer must be
written in creative method such as using infographic or mind map or poster or anything as long as it is
not in an essay type. Max is 2 pages only (but 1 page of infographic/poster/mind map is the best)
 RUBRICK ASSIGNMENT GTN3353

Criteria Poor (1) Intermediate (2) Good (3) Excellent (4) Mark
1) Identification of Unable to give 5 Some of the 5 Able to identify 5 Able to identify all 5 X3
5 main active main compounds compounds are main compound but the compounds specific
compounds specific to the herb compounds name is too general to the herb

2) Explanation on Unable to describe Some of the Able to describe Able to fully describe X5
characteristics of the characteristics explanation are too characteristic of all 5 all 5 main
each compounds for all 5 compounds general and simple compounds but not compounds
enough info

3) Medicinal Unable to identify Some of the Able to describe the Able to identify X3
properties of medicinal properties medicinal properties medicinal properties medicinal properties
each active for all 5 compounds are not specific to but not enough info specific to the 5 main
compounds the 5 main compounds
compounds
4) Traditional usage Unable to explain 3 Some of the Able to explain 3 Able to fully explain X2
traditional usage traditional usage are traditional usage 3 traditional usage
too general and not specific to the herb specific to the herb
specific to the but not enough info
selected herb

5) Modern Unable to identify 3 Some of the modern Able to describe 3 Able to identify 3 X2
usage/products modern usage/products are modern modern
usage/products not specific to the usage/product nut usage/products
selected herb lack of info specific to the
selected herb
Total (60M)