RECOMMENDATIONS AND FORMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DIPLOMA

WORK PREPARED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS OF THE

SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY
1.Structure of the diploma work
– Cover with Title
– Title page
– Table of Contents
– List of Abbreviations
– Introduction, objectives
– Review of the scientific background (review of the topic based on references)
– Experimental Part (if experimental work was done)
Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion
– Summary, conclusions
– References (list)
– Acknowledgements

2. Formal requirements
2.1. Cover page (1. attachement)
 University, Faculty, Department
 Title of diploma work
 Name of the student
 Name, workplace and position of supervisor
 Place (Budapest) and year of submitting the diploma work
2.2. Length of diploma work, Character type
The length of diploma work (from Introduction to Summary) must be no less than 50,000
characters and no longer than 100,000 (excluding spaces) without the reference list.
Calculating with 2000 characters/page the length of the work is about 25-50 pages.
Font type: Times New Roman, font size: 12 point.
Linespacing: 1.5 . Margins: 3 cm in either side (for binding!). Page numbers: the bottom
centre of the page
Tables are included in the number of characters, but figures, footnotes and the literature list
are not. Tables should be numbered above the table as: Table 1. Title…
Figures should be numbered under the illustration as: Figure 1. Title…
Equations should numbered as (1)…on the right side of the formula.
References: minimum 15 international publications must be discussed in the thesis. Besides
that maximum 10 web links can be discussed.
- numbered with Arabic numbers in the text – e.g. (6, 12)
- In the reference section the references should be either alphabetically or chronologically
ordered.
The diploma work must be submitted in a stitched or bound format in 2 copies.
All literature and literature sources must be referred, including Figure and Table
illustrations which are allowed for use according to the copyright. Plagiarism is not
allowed!
2.3. Examples for References
Article
–
Author(s), Year of Publication, Title, Journal, Volume, Page numbers
Jaiswal SP, Jain AK, Naik G Soni N, Chitnis DS. (2001) Viral hepatitis during pregnancy. International Journal
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 72: 103-108.
– Book
Author(s), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of Publication, Year, Page numbers
Marby T, Markham KR, Thomas MB. The systematic identification of flavonoids. Springer-Verlag, New-York,
1970: 62-68.
– Book chapter
Author(s), Title of Chapter, In: Author(s), Title of Book, Publisher, Place of Publication,
Year, Page numbers: the first and last page of the chapter
Example:
Augsburger L. L., Zellhofer J. M. Tablet Formulation In: James Swarbrick: Encylopedia of Pharmaceutical
Technology, Third Edition Informa Heathcare, New York, London 2007: 3641-3652

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DIPLOMA WORK

Saeid Farzadi
2022

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 SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY
Department of Pharmaceutics

ENCAPSULATION OF ESSENTIAL
OILS
OF THERAPEUTICAL
SIGNIFICANCE

Supervisor: Written by:

Dr. Miléna Lengyel Saeid Farzadi

associate professor student

Budapest
2022
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 The diploma work

Title: Encapsulation of essential oils of therapeutical significance

I. Introduction, objectives (approx. 2 pages)

II. Review of the scientific background (review of the topic based on references!!!!!!!)

II.1. Essential oils (EOs) in therapy (general overview about EO: structure, properties,
historical data, their role in therapy in the past, present)
II.1.1. more info, details about the EO we choose for the experiments (will talk
about it, but you can think about your interest…!)

II. 2. Microencapsulation technologies (still based on references…)

II.2.1. use, role, advantages of microencapsulation
II.2.2. processes in general
II.2.3. Excipients, materials in general

II.3. The microencapsulation process you’ll use in the experiment- it’ll be either
coacervation or spray-drying
II.3.1. Instrument ((general overview about it, advantages and disadvantages,
application fields based on literature, influential factors in the process)

II. 4. Quantitative determination of EO

II. 4.1. Encapsulation efficiency
II. 4.2. Release process
II. 4.3. Analytical process

III. Experimental Part

III.1. Materials, Instruments and Methods
III.1.1. Materials
III.1.2. Instruments
III.1.3. Sample preparation
III.1.4. Quality and quantity determination

III.2. Results and Discussion

IV. Summary, conclusions