Module 1 Flashcards
Greek word of drug
Pharmakon
Greek for study
Gnosis/gignosco
Study of drugs from natural sources
Pharmacogosy
Coined the term pharmacognosy in venia 1811
J.A Schimidt
Introduced pharmacognosy in his work
C.A Seydler
Written by C.A Seydler in 1815
Analecta Pharmacognostica
All information on medicines from natural sources
Plants
Animals
Microorganisms
Inorganic sources
Applied science that deals with living and natural things
Biologic
Applied science that deals with the pharmacological actions
Biochemical
Applied science that deals with where you can get it and how easy you can get it
Economic features of natural drugs and their constituents
Babylonians used
Clay tablets
Egyptians, discovered in the tomb of a mummy
Paper scrolls
Written by J.A Schmidt
Lehrbuch der materia medica
Poison that victimized Socrates
Coniine
Chichirica/madagascar periwnikle (chemotherapeutic agent)
Catharanthus roseus
Anti cancer drugs
Vincristine/vinca alkaloids
A plant that has hallucinogenic drug with mature leaves while young leaves have non hallucinogenic
Marijuana
Belief that objects, places and creatures possess a distinct spiritual essence
Animism
Egyptian (1500 bc)
Ebers papyrus
Father of medicine 460-377 BC
Hippocrates
Wrote de materia medica
Dioscorides 40-80 AD
De materia medica contains
600 medicinal plants
Who developed the most comprehensive scope and idea of pharmacognosy
Fluckiger
Pharmacognosy is a simultaneous application of various scientific disciplines with the object of acquiring knowledge of drugs from every point of view who quoted it?
Fluckiger
Applied pharmacognosy in biotechnology
Trease and evans
When was the new era of medicine?
1803
Isolation of morphine from opium was invented by
Friedrich serturner
When was strychnine discovered
1817
Scientific name of strychnine
Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnine was invented by and what use?
Joseph caventou
Pierre joseph pelletier
Used as rodenticide
Year quinine is disovered
1820
Scientific name of quinine
Cinchona ledgeriana
Quinine was invented by? And its use
Friedlib ferdinand
Anti malaria
Caffeine was discovered when?
1820
Scientific of caffeine
Coffea arabica
Who discovered caffeine and its use
Friedlib ferdinand
CNS stimulant
When was nicotine discovered
1828
Scientific name of nicotine
Nicotiana tabacum
Invented nicotine
Wilhelm heinrich posselt
When was atropine dicovered
1833
Scientific name of atropine
Atropa belladonna
Who invented atropine and what is it used for
Rudolf broder and philipp geiger
Anti chollinergic
When was cocaine discovered
1855
Scientif name of cocaine
Erthyroxylum coca
Who discovered cocaine and whatare its uses
Albert nieman and a researcher of anesthetic properties of cocaine Carl koller
Stimulant, addictive alkaline
Cocaine was isolated by
Albert nieman
Broadterm referring to the study of plants by humans
Ethnobotany
Refers to the use of plants by humans as medicine
Ethnomedicine
Sum total of all non mainstream medical practices usually excluding so called western medicine
Traditional medicine
A book containing directions for the identificatio0n of samples and the preparation of compound medicines
Pharmacopeia
Active ingredients pharmacological properties constituents
USP
Excipients
NF
Study of biochemical pathways leading to the formation of secondary constituents used as Drugs or new drugs
Drug biosynthesis/ biogenesis
Natural or Synthetic substance used in the treatment cure prevention or diagnosis of disease
Drug
Vegetables or animal drugs that consist of natural substances that have undergone only the processes of collection and drying
Crude drugs
Constituents that are extracted crystallized and purified for therapeutic use
Secondary plant substances
Induced both qualitative and quantitative changes same family same properties
Heredity
Commences from seeds and goes through several developmental events such as seedling maturing etc..
Ontogeny
Produces variations in secondary plant
Environment
Responsible for therapeutic effects
Active constitiuents
Mixtures of principles
Active constituents
No definite pharmacologic activity
Inert constituents