Medicinal and Intoxicating Plants (Week 11 Lecture 17) Flashcards
Who gave rise to the Doctrine of Signature and believed plants were placed on Earth by God.
Paracelsus
True or False: In the doctrine of signatures it stated that plants with red sap were used to treat blood disorders walnuts (cotyledons look like a brain) were good for mental problems plants with cordate leaves (heart-shaped) were good for the heart
True
What medicinal plant family is used more then any other plant?
Echinacea (opium)
Who was the father of botany?
Theophrastus
What is foxglove used to treat?
heart conditions
Willow has ______ commonly found in asprin.
salacin
What is used to treat malaria
Fever bark tree (Rubiaceae)
Rose periwinkle is used to treat?
tumour ceell growth
yew (conifer) is used to treat cancer by extracting ______.
taxol
What is used to treat memory loss and depression
ginkgo
What is used to treat depression?
St. John’s wort
What plant family have pyschoactive drugs?
Erythroxylaceae (cocaine)
True or False: Taxol-producing fungusTaxomyces andeanae paves a new way to the production of this drug, that is, employing large-scale fungal fermentation to make taxol at a lower cost, and yet a higher yield.
True
The purple coneflower consists of ______ species but only ______ are used for medicinal effects.
9, 3
The name Goldenseal (Ranunculaceae, buttercup) is due to colour of the ______ and cup-like depressions left upon detachment of floral stem.
rhizome
