Making Medicine Flashcards
1
Q
Potent opioid painkiller _ and _ are found in opium
A
Codeine
Opium
2
Q
Opium extracted from _ in poppies
A
Seed capsule
3
Q
Willow has been used for thousands of years to treat (2)
A
Fever
Pain
4
Q
_ is a synthesized version of active compound found in willow bark
A
Aspirin
5
Q
_ found in cinchona bark is used to treat malaria
A
Quinine
6
Q
Foxglove contains drug _ or _
A
Digoxin
Digitalis
7
Q
Digoxin or digitalis foxglove used to treat _ (2)
A
Arrhythmias
Heart failure
8
Q
Arrhythmias is _
A
Irregular heartbeat
9
Q
Valerian extract contains oils that may help reduce anxiety and improve _
A
Sleep
10
Q
On valerian _ are source of extracts (2)
A
Leaves
Roots
11
Q
Daffodils contain a compound called _ , used to treat Alzheimer’s disease
A
Galantamine
12
Q
_ from pacific yew tree bark is an anticancer compound
A
Paclitaxel
