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INTRODUCTION Flashcards

1
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Three disciplines devoted to drugs

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Pharmacology
Pharmacognosy
Medicinal chemistry

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2
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Two constituents of drugs:

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Active constituents

Inert constituents

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3
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Compounds that are responsible for the therapeutic effect.

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Active constituents

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4
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Constituent with no pharmacologic activity

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Inert constituents

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5
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Three secondary constituents

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Heredity
Ontogeny
Environmental Factors

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6
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Study of the biochemical pathways leading to the formation of secondary constituents used as drugs

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Drug biosynthesis

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7
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Made papyrus ebers

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George Ebers

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8
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Content of papyrus ebers

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Use of plant & animals in medicine

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9
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Egyptian document

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Papyrus ebers

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10
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Book authored by Dioscorides

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De Materia Medica

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11
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Content of De Materia Medica

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Use of 600 medicinal plants

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12
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Method of processes of preparing formulas containing animal & plant drugs

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Galenical pharmacy

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13
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Name of Galen

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Claudius Galen

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14
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Who coined the term Pharmacognosy

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C. A. Sydler

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15
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Words where pharmacognosy is derived from

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pharmakon - “drug”

gnosis - “knowledge

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16
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First one to use the term Pharmacognosy in literature

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J.A. Schmidth

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17
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French Pharmacist and made quinine w/ the collaboration of Pelletiere

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Joseph Caventou

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18
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Phytochemist who discovered codein and narcotine

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Pierre Robiquet

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19
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German Pharmacist who discovered hyoscyamine

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Rudolf Brandes

20
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Discovered atropine w/ the collaboration of Rudolf Brandes

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Philip Geiger

21
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Father of Botany

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Theophrastus

22
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Plant grows in their native countries

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Indigenous

23
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Grew in foreign land other than their native countries

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Naturalized

24
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Substances that are found in nature that comprise whole plants & herbs

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Natural substances

25
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Single substance/s which are considered as chief constituents of the drugs

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Derivatives

26
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Vegetable or animal drugs that consist of natural substances that have undergone only the presence of COLLECTION & DRYING.

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Crude drugs

27
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Three classifications of drug constituents

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Natural
Semi-synthetic
Totally synthetic

28
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Classification of drug constituents that are directly obtained from nature

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Natural constituents

29
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Classification of drug constituents from chemical modification of a natural constituent

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Semi-synthetic

30
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Ex: Camphor from Camphor Plants

What classification of drug constituent?

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Natural constituent

31
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Ex: Camphor < pinene < pine trees

What classification of drug constituent?

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Semi-synthetic

32
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Classification of drug constituent that manufactures from chemical synthesis

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Totally synthetic

33
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5 ways of preparation of crude drugs

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Collection
Harvesting
Drying
Curing
Garbling
Packaging, storage, preservation
34
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What to do in the collection of crude drugs?

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Select the species to cultivate

35
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Two ways of harvesting of crude drugs

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Manual labor

Mechanical devices

36
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What does drying of species lower?

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Bacterial growth
Fungi growth
Hydrolysis

37
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Method of enhancing the properties of the active ingredient

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Curing

38
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Physical process of removing extraneous material

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Exposure of the drug to 65C Temperature
Methyl Bromide
Chloroform

39
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Simplest form in preventing insect attacks & other form of destruction

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Exposure of the drug to 65C Temperature

40
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Use of methyl bromide in preservation of drugs

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Fumigation of large lots of crude drugs

41
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Amount of chloroform to control insect attack

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Few drops

42
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5 Methods of Evaluation of Crude Drugs

A 
Biological
Chemical
Microcopic
Morphological
Physical
43
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4 classifications of drugs

A

Morphologic
Taxonomic
Pharmacologic
Chemical

44
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Classification of drug that is based on the part used

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Morphologic

45
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Classification of drug that is based on the relationship or phylogeny

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Taxonomic

46
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Classification of drugs that are based on therapeutic activity

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Pharmacologic

47
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Classification of drugs that is based on the chemical class of the constituents

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Chemical classification

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