Dietary Supplements

Question 1

Alcoholic extract/ or fresh pressed juice of Echinacea purpurea for common cold is taken within the?

Answer 1

First 24 hours and should be used for >10-24 days

Question 2

Daily dose of powdered garlic

Answer 2

600-900 mg/d

equivalent to a clove of raw garlic 2-4 g per day

Question 3

Formulations recommended for garlic to minimize degradation of the active substances

Answer 3

Enteric-coated formulations

Question 4

Most commonly dose of Gingko Biloba

Answer 4

240 mg daily of the dried extract in 2 dd

Question 5

Has superoxide-dismutase-like activity and superoxide anion and hydroxyl radical-scavenging properties

Answer 5

Gingko Biloba

Question 6

Active constituents of Gingko

Answer 6

Flavone glycosides

Terpenoids

Question 7

Active constituents of Ginseng

Answer 7

Triterpenoid saponin glycosides

Question 8

Dose of P.ginseng that can cause CNS stimulation and hypertension.

Answer 8

> 3 g/d

Question 9

Standard dose of P.ginseng

Answer 9

1-2 g/d of the crude P. ginseng

Question 10

Active constituents of Milk Thistle (Silybum Marianum)

Answer 10

Flavonolignans known as Silymarin

Question 11

Most potent isomer of silymarin

Answer 11

Silybin

Question 12

This herb was listed as “posing no risk for drug interaction in humans”

Answer 12

Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)

Question 13

Primary antidepressant constituent of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum)

Answer 13

Hypericin