Lectures 3&4 Flashcards
how do you define pharmacology
the basic and clinical applied science that deals with the fate and actions of drugs in the body
what are drugs
Any substance used in the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease
drugs are made of
chemicals
what is pharmakon
poison or drugs
logos
study or discourse of
Humans have sough ___ and ___ roducts since the earliest of times to combat sickness and death
plant & animal
what has been common since religion and men have existed
Mixture of religion and use of plant substances
what is the doctrine of signatures (1500s)
Plant parts that resembled human body parts, animals, or other objects were thought to have useful relevance to those parts, animals, or objects
People thought that God had made herbs for the use of men and given them particular Signatures that could be read to cure disease, such as
Walnuts were good to cure ailments of the head because they had a perfect signature for the head!
The holes in the leaves of Saint Johns Wort resemble pores of the skin and, therefore, can treat disease and wounds of the skin
Oldest prescriptions were found on clay tablets written by _____ physicians around ____ BC
Sumerian
3000
one of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world, in Southern Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), more than 5000 years ago
Sumerians
What did hippocrates say
5th century BC) promoted the idea that disease results from natural causes rather than evil spirits
He believed that the body had abilities to recuperate from disease
In the early years, medicines were developed by isolation and use of nature substances from
botanical, mineral, and animal sources
In modern times, medicines are developed by
chemical synthesis of compounds that have biological activity
what is quinine
Bark of some trees contained quinine
Quinine is still used today as a drug of choice against malaria
The first specific drug used to treat an infectious disease
first successful drug used against malaria
quinine
when did synthesis of arsenicals come about
1910
Sahachiro Hata and Paul Ehrlich’s synthesized arsenicals by
attaching an arsenic atom to a carbon atom
(Salvarsan-first chemotherapeutic agent) to treat syphilis
arsphenamine
what is the primary use of digitalis
heart disease
William Withering’s use of purple foxglove (digitalis purpurea) in 1783, lead to
the isolation of digitalis
He made a tea to treat the edema of cardiac
“dropsy” (congestive heart failure)
Digitalis is still the drug of choice for
congestive heart failure
Today the drug is still isolated from plants (digitalis lanata leaves rather than digitalis purpurea seeds) because
it is too difficult and expensive to synthesize chemically
a narcotic is used for pain control
opium
had been used as a medical and recreational drug since prehistoric times
opium
most powerful pain killers
opium
The source of opium is th
poppy plant (Papavir somniferum)
Growth of poppy plants for medicinal use in the U. S. is highly regulated
true
The German chemist, Friedrich Serturner, isolated the alkaloid _______ from ______ in 1805
morphine
opium
By 1820, the isolation of morphine had lead the way to techniques for the isolation of
caffeine, atropine, & strychnine
the way we regulated morphine from poppy seeds was the same technique to regulate caffeine
true
atropine is used to
dilate your eyes
what is strychnine
poison
The history of coffee goes at least as far back as the _____ century
13th
The original native population of coffee is thought to have come from ______ specifically from ______
East Africa
Ethiopia
It was first cultivated by _____ from the 14th century and onward
Arabs
Caffeine is extracted from the coffee plant,
Coffea arabica
Caffeine works by stimulating the
CNS, heart, and muscles
It relieves mental and physical fatigue and increases mental alertness
caffeinr
an enchantress of exceeding loveliness
belladona
Devil’s cherries
Atropa belladonna
what are the two alkaloid substances isolated from a plant
atropine
scopolamine
can be used topically but not swallowed
atropa belladonna
what is atropine used for
(medicinal use)
Belladonna plasters often applied after a fall to the injured or sprained part
Ingestion in excess amounts is a poison
what is scopolamine used for
Used for motion sickness (Transderm Scōp - patch), sedative, truth serum, and mydriasis (prolonged or excessive pupil dilation)
what is salicylic acid
Willow bark is a source of salicin, which is metabolized to salicylic acid in the body
a precursor to aspirin (popular analgesic/anti-inflammatory agent)
salicin & salicylic acid
Acetylsalicylic acid,
aspirin
increase the risk of bleeding, ulcers, and tinnitus
Willow bark and salicylates
adrenaline
epinephrine
hormone & NT
Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline
first hormone isolated in 1897, by John Jacob Abel, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University and the father of modern pharmacology
Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline
where is epinephrine produced
Some neurons of the CNS
The chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla from the amino acids, phenylalanine and tyrosine
who is the father of modern pharmacology
jacob abel
what is in the epipens?
epinephrine
what are phenylalanine and tyrosine?
essential amino acids - produced in the body
what is acetylcholine
one of many neurotransmitters in the autonomic nervous system (ANS)
acts on both the peripheral and central nervous system
only neurotransmitter used in the motor division of the somatic nervous system
It was isolated by Otto Loewi in 1914, and Henry Hallet Dale in 1936, who found that it was present in the autonomic and peripheral nervous systems
acetylcholine