MED ORG I Flashcards
-Ch’ang shang, ma huang
Shen Nung
-Chaulmoogra fruit
American Indians
-Ipecacuanha root
Brazil
-Coca leaves
South American Indians
-opium, squill, hyoscyamus,
viper toxin
Greek Apothecary
Cu, Zn ores, Fe
sulfate, Cadmium oxide
Greek Apothecary
Basic studies of chemistry and physics
shifted from Greco-Roman to _____
Arabian
Alchemy
Paracelsus glorified ___ as cure-all in the
belief that chemical could cure diseases
Sb
19th Century aka
Age of Innovation and Chemistry
extracted morphine from poppy
Friedrich Sertürner
his unproven principle
“similia similibus curantur”
Samuel Hahnemann
– isolated emetine from Ipecacuanha
Pierre-Pelletier
acetic acid synthesis
Adolph Kolbe
concept of biological
receptor
British pharmacologist John
First alkaloid synthesis –
Coniine
sidechain theory
Paul Ehrlich
Mass production of Quinine Sulfate was in ___ factory
Pelletier Factory
Coniine is isolated from ____
Hemlock
Only Liquid Alkaloid
Coniine
Aspirin was discovered by
Felix Hoffman
20th Century aka
Rise of Synthetic Chemotherapeutic Agents
discovered Penciliin
Alexander Fleming
Prontosil / Sulfamidochrysoidine
Gerhard Domagk
-single most important
breakthrough in psychiatric
treatment
Chlorpromazine
-antidepressant
Iproniazid
-first dibenzazepine
Imipramine
-first commercially successful
SSRI
Fluoxetine
discovered Oxytocin
Henry Dale
discovered Thyroxine
Edward Kendall
discovered Insulin (2)
Frederick Banting & Charles Best
Russel Marker converted Diosgenin to
Progesterone
discovered Noerthindrone
Carl Djerassi
discovered Progesterone + Noerthindrone
John Rock
Abortion Pill
Mifepristone
Morning-After Pill
Mifepristone + Misoprostol
-dentist who administered Nitrous
oxide during tooth extraction
Horace Wells