Chp 1 Definitions

Question 1

Ethnobotany

Answer 1

(study of plants by humans)Study relationships between plants and the people in the field. It includes the use of plants for
furniture, shelter, transportation, as well as the use of plants in medicine, wild food, and in religious ceremonies.

Question 2

Ethnopharmacology

Answer 2

(use of plants by humans as medicine)Scientific study correlating ethnic groups with their health and how it relates to their physical
habitats, and their methodologies in creating and using plant based medicines.

Question 3

Phytotherapy

Answer 3

Is a part of pharmacognosy that is concerned with the clinical use of crude drug extracts or partiallypurified mixtures from plants. Also can be referred area dealing with scientific studies of
bioactivities of plant- based medicines as well as their clinical use.

Question 4

Medicinal Plant

Answer 4

Are either wild or cultivated plants used for the management and treatment of ailments. a plant issaid to be medicinal when “ at least one part has therapeutic properties”

Question 5

Extraction

Answer 5

A way of separating the desired substance(s) from a mixture using a suitable solvent in which the desired substance is soluble. Used to separate compounds based upon their different solubility in two immiscible solvents.

Question 6

Primary Metabolite

Answer 6

those compounds which occur in all cells and play a central role in the metabolism and reproductionof those cells. These compounds include the nucleic acids and the common amino acids and sugars.

Question 7

Secondary Metabolite

Answer 7

Plants produce a vast and diverse assortment of organic compounds, the great majority of which do not appear to participate directly in growth and development.