Miscellaneous Flashcards
Echinacea modulates the immune system by several mechanisms.
Increases phagocytosis, IL1,6,10 TNF-alpha.
Has anti-inflammatory actions and antimicrobial actions.
Echinacea is used in treatment of common cold and has flu-like syndrome as a side effect. Yes or No?
Yes.
Garlic has antihypertensive properties and antidyslipidemic as well.
It inhibits ACE and has antioxidant effect and also decreases the enzyme HMG-coA reductase which decreases cholesterol.
What are the uses of Gingko Biloba?
Memory enhancement in Alzheimer’s and dementia, in intermittent claudication.
Mention two substances that have antineoplastic properties.
Garlic and St. John’s Wort
What’s the use of Saw Palmetto?
In BPH as it reduces the enzyme 5alpha reductase and prostatic growth factor
What is the substance that’s used in statin induced myopathy?
Coenzyme Q10
What does deficiency of vit. B1 cause?
Beri beri
What does the deficiency of vit. B2 cause?
Stomatitis, glossitis, dermatitis, anemia and neuropathy.
What’s the enzyme that’s used in treatment of isoniazid peripheral neuropathy and vomiting in pregnancy?
And what’s the outcome of its deficiency?
Vit. B6
Its deficiency causes dermatitis, anemia and peripheral neuritis.
What’s the outcome of vit. B3 deficiency?
Pellagra (diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia)
What’s the vitamin deficiency that causes neuromuscular degeneration and adrenocortical insufficiency?
Pantothenic acid.
What vitamin is used in treatment of acne? And what’s the outcome of its deficiency?
Vit. A (Isoretinoin)
Its deficiency causes night blindness, dry skin and urinary calculi.
What’s a vitamin that’s teratogenic?
Vit. A
What does vit. E deficiency cause?
CNS degeneration, muscle atrophy and atherosclerosis.
