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Ethnopharmacology Flashcards

1
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Ethnopharmacology is the ____________________ of the BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE agents that are TRADITIONALLY employed

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Interdisciplinary scientific exploration

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It is a CULTURAL APPLICATION and a work of a TEAM

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Ethnopharmacology

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It contributes immensely to the DISCOVERY/REDISCOVERY, DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE and the actual use of HERBAL REMEDIES.

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Ethnopharmacologic studies

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4
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It has FOLKLORIC uses

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Traditional medicines

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5
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Traditional medicines are also known as

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Local halamang gamot
Ethnic medicines

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6
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Majority of COMMERCIAL drugs were developed from

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Traditional medicines

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7
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What do they use
URBAN areas:
RURAL areas:

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Commercial products
Traditional herbal medicine

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A series of treatment that uses HERBAL DRUGS/REMEDIES because of their MEDICINAL BENEFITS

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Phytotherapy

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9
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Example of herbal drugs/medicinal plants

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Sambong
Ampalaya
Lagundi

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10
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Example of herbal remedies or herbal medicinal products (HMPs)

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Re-leaf forte
Charantia capsules
Ascof

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11
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Drug products available in the MARKET

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Herbal medicinal products (HMPs)

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12
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HMPs are NOT DRUGS because of the absence of

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Isolation
Purification

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13
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Herbal medicinal products contains the crude drug in it’s dried form but

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The active ingredient is not isolated

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14
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Interdisciplinary means

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It involves different field of expertise

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15
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SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION needs to be done alone or in a team

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Team

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16
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Ethnopharmacology is the SCIENTIFIC STUDY of material such as

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Botanicals
Animals
Minerals

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17
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Ethnopharmacology is the scientific study used by ETHNIC and CULTURAL groups as?

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Medicines

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18
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Definition of drug
- Any agent:

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Official in the COMPENDIA
Used for diagnosis, cure, treatment and mitigation
A COMPONENT of those defined above

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19
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Minoxidil is for

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Hirsutism

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20
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Levotubocurarine is for

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Muscle relaxant
Anticholinergic

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21
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Curare is used in

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Indians arrow heads - muscle relaxant

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22
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Medicines should be

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Safe
Effective
Quality
Convenient

23
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The study of culture and peoples’ beliefs, practices, and the cognitive and social organization of human groups.

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Cultural anthropology

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How people who share a COMMON CULTURAL SYSTEM organize and shape the physical and social world around them, and are in turn shaped by those ideas, behaviors, and physical environments.

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Cultural anthropology

25
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The study of drugs - how they INTERACT with other molecules in the body and how they AFFECT the body.

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Pharmacology

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The study of POISONS, including the source, effect, and treatment of poisoning. It is a BRANCH of pharmacology.

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Toxicology

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Deals with the PROPERTIES, COMPOSITION, and STRUCTURE of substances, the TRANSFORMATIONS they undergo, and the ENERGY that is released or absorbed during these processes.

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Chemistry

28
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Scientific STUDY OF PLANTS, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance

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Botany

29
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TRANSFORMING herbal medicine to drugs will require

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A lot of disciplines

30
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All of the medicinal plants are very USEFUL in many societies because of their

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Content / BioActives

31
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It helps the entire community

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Teamwork

32
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Molecules of compound that have the capacity to MODULATE one or more target

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BioActives

33
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BioActives affect __________________ that are involved in one or more diseases

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Genes or metabolic pathways

34
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BioActives are

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Secondary metabolites

35
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BioActives are RESPONSIBLE for the __________________ as they are able to ELICIT EFFECTS

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Medicinal benefits

36
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The MECHANISM OF ACTION of BioActives is to produce the biological effect through

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Modulation or an interaction with a biological receptor site

37
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Responsible for ILLNESS or DISEASES which can be acted on by the bioactive s

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Biological receptor site

38
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It is what the plants HAVE to provide it’s MEDICINAL BENEFITS

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Bioactives

39
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Bioactives is an ___________________ that TARGETS a body part

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Active constituent

40
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The action of bioactives are elicited by a lot of

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APPROACHES

41
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Study of the effects of the medicinal plant on the DNA and mRNA

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Genomics

42
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Effects of the plant on the TRANSCRIPTION and TRANSLATION of PROTEINS

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Transcriptomics

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Transcriptomics is related to

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Proteomics

44
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The systematic, large-scale analysis of PROTEINS.

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Proteomics

45
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Effects on METABOLIC PROCESSES

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Metabolomics

46
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Important in the DISCOVERY PROCESS

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Omics

47
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The PURIFICATION of individual components and VERIFICATION of activity

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Bioassays

48
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Test or researches that evaluate the PHARMACOLOGIC ACTIVITIES

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Bioassays

49
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Employment of WHOLE EXTRACTS of one or more bioactives in a formulation

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Manufacturing

50
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Manufacturing CONVERTS the bioactives into a

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Dosages form

51
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It makes the drug EASY to ADMINISTER for effective DDS

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Dosage form

52
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It will be assessed based on COMPLIANCE to standard set by regulatory agencies

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Active or inactive ingredients + packaging or labeling

53
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Group of procedures employed to DISCOVER MORE of compounds or molecules

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Omics

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