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Question 1

• Morphine

Answer 1

• Euphoric properties
• Isolated from dried opium poppy resin
• Founded by friedrich W Serturner
• Named after greek god of dreams

Question 2

• Quinine

Answer 2

• Discovered by Pelletier and Caventou
• From bark of Cinchona trees
• “quina-quina” = bark of barks
• used to treat fevers
• remedy for malarial fevers

Question 3

• Colchicine

Answer 3

• Discovered by Pelletier and Caventou
• Extracted from autumn crocus: a bulb plant with pretty, toxic petals
• Binds to cytoskeleton to supress mitosis
• Used for gout

Question 4

• Caffeine

Answer 4

• A white powder from cocoa beans
• Also known as qahweh
• Stimulatory properties

Question 5

• Atropine

Answer 5

• From roots

- Induces dilation of the pupil

Question 6

• Salicylic acid

Answer 6

• From weeping willow tree

- Turned into aspirin a analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug

Question 7

• Cocaine

Answer 7

• Coca plant leaves

- Used as local anaesthetic: vasoconstrictor and anaesthic

Question 8

• Ephedrine

Answer 8

• Known as Ma Huang, a chinese medicine

- Isolated from ephedra vulgaris

Question 9

• L-DOPA

Answer 9

• From a broad bean plant
• For parkinson’s disease
• Restores levels of dopamine

Question 10

• Cardiac Glycosides

Answer 10

• Foxglove plant

- For strengthening cardiac contraction i.e. heart failures

Question 11

• Warfarin

Answer 11

• Used for people with risk of blood clots

- From mouldy sweet clover

Question 12

• Paclitaxel

Answer 12

• Pacific yew trees

- Best anticancer drug