Lecture 3: Plant Based Drugs Flashcards
1
Q
What are some examples of plant based drugs?
A
- Morphine
- Aspirin
- ## Digoxin
2
Q
How are herbal medicines regulated?
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3
Q
What is a problem with processing drugs from plants?
A
The yield is usually extremely low, so it is inefficient and requires lots of plant matter.
4
Q
What drug can be obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle?
A
Vincristine
5
Q
What can you not take with St John’s Wort? Why not?
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6
Q
What CD markers indicate a macrophage?
A
CD68
7
Q
What are the two approaches to drug discovery concerning natural products?
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8
Q
Why does malaria occasionally become cerebral malaria?
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9
Q
What plant does Artemisinin come from?
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