MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY Flashcards
What are the main branches of Biology?
- Botany
- Zoology
- Microbiology
It is the study of Plants
BOTANY
It is a study of Animals
ZOOLOGY
It is the study of microorganisms
MICROBIOLOGY
What are the branches of Botany?
- Mycology
- Paleobotany
- Horticulture
- Bryology
- Ethnobotany
- Agronomy
What are the branches of Zoology?
- Entomology
- Ichthyology
- Ornithology
- Herpetology
- Anatomy
- Physiology
What are the branches of Microbiology?
- Bacteriology
- Mycology
- Protoxoology
- Phycology
- Nematology
- Immunology
Focuses on the systematic and scientific study of plants.
BOTANY
Study of Insects
ENTOMOLOGY
Study of fish
ICHTHYOLOGY
Study of Birds
ORNITHOLOGY
Study of Amphibians
HERPETOLOGY
Study of Living organisms
ANATOMY
Study of the normal functions of living organisms
PHYSIOLOGY
Study of diseases
PATHOLOGY
Study of Fungi
MYCOLOGY
Study of plants fossils
PALEOBOTANY
Study of cultivation of plants
HORTICULTURE
Study of Mosses and Liverworts
BRYOLOGY
Study of Culture and plants/ how people of culture use the plants
ETHNOBOTANY
STUDY OF CROPS
AGRONOMY
Study of Bacteria
BACTERIOLOGY
Study of Protozoa
PROTOZOOLOGY
Study of Algae
PHYCOLOGY
Study of Worms
NEMATOLOGY
Stufy of Immune System
IMMUNOLOGY
He discovered accidentally that gases play a role in photosynthesis, by putting a candle in
a glass jar with a plant and in ten days the candle was able to combust. A gas (oxygen) must be released by the plant that supports combustion.
JOSEPH PRIESTLEY
Hooke is best known today for his identification of the cellular structure of plants. “Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies” made by published in 1665.
ROBERT HOOKE
Discovered cells in living plant tissue used microscope observation to discover plant tissues.
ROBERT HOOKE
Considered to be the founders of the study of plant anatomy, for they examined in detail the structure and development of many plants.
Marcello Malpighi and Nehemiah Grew
Discovered various tissues in stems and roots.
MARCELO MALPIGHI
Described the structure of wood.
NEHEMIAH GREW
A Flemish physician and chemist, who was the first to demonstrate that plants do not have the same nutritional needs as animals. Plants absorb water as a result of what we now know as photosynthetic activity.
J.B. VAN HELMONT
The Swedish botanist, owed for the present system of naming and classifying plants and animals by using generic name (genus) and a specific name (species).
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
In 1735 he published The System of Nature (Systema Naturae) that organized all plants and animals from the level of kingdoms all the way down to species. In 1753 publication, The Genera of plants and Species Plantarum, marked the initial use of the nomenclature for all flowering plants and ferns.
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
German scientist, coined the word “ecology”.
ERNST HAECKEL
US botanist, in 1895 he coined the term “ethnobotany”.
JOHN WILLIAM HARSHBERGER
A Greek scholar, published 5 volumes of a book entitled “De Materia Medica” in 78 AD, which described more than 600 medicinal plants with their collection, storage and uses. To name few of his contributions; he identified aloe, belladonna, colchicum, ergot, hyoscyamus, and opium.
PEDANIUS DIOSCORIDES
Graeco-Roman medical doctor who summarized the complex body of Graeco-Roman pharmacy and medicine, and his name survived in the pharmaceutical term ‘galenical’.
CLAUDIUS GALEN
The earliest treatise of Chinese medicine theory classical sources on Chinese traditional medicine including 365 drugs, most of botanical origin. He is believed to have introduced the technique of acupuncture.
SHEN NONG BEN CAO JING
The Yellow Emperor - regarded as the founder of Chinese civilization. His Classic of Internal Medicine is important in understanding the basic ideas of traditional Chinese herbal science, acupuncture, moxibustion Yin and Yang, the Five Phases of Evolutive Change, and Meridian theory.
HUANG DI
German toxicologist first to study psychoactive plants systematically. 1924 appeared his book “Phantastica “ Lewin’s most enduring task was to create a system of classification of psychoactive drugs and plants based on their action.
LOUIS LEWIN
Referred to as the “father of phytogeography”. He advocated a quantitative approach to phytogeography that has characterized modern plant geography.
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
Performed classic experiments with pea plants.
GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL
FATHER OF TAXONOMY
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
Study of plant cell and tissues
PLANT ANATOMY
The study of plant form and function.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
The study that identifies, describes, names and classifies plants.
PLANT TAXONOMY
The science of developing methods for grouping organisms.
PLANT SYSTEMATICS
Study of the interaction of plants with one another and with their environment.
PLANT ECOLOGY
Study of the geographic distribution of plant species and their influence on the earth’s surface.
PLANT GEOGRAPHY
The study of heredity
GENETICS
Study of genes and their functions, and related techniques
GENOMICS
The adjustment or changes in behavior,
physiology, and structure of an organism to
become more suited to an environment.
ADAPTATION
It is derived from Latin word “adaptare ”
which means “to fit”.
ADAPTATION
Process by which organisms adapt to their
environment OVER TIME, is the genetic
change in a population of organisms from
generation to generation.
EVOLUTION
Characteristics that enable an organism to better survive certain environment.
ADAPTATION
Derived from Greek pharmakon, ‘remedy’,
and gignosco, ‘knowledge’
PHARMACOGNOSY
The science of biogenic or nature-derived
pharmaceuticals and poisons.
PHARMACOGNOSY
Types of drugs derived from plants:
▪ Herbal drugs derived from specific parts of a
medicinal plant
▪ Natural products or compounds isolated from nature
▪ Nutraceuticals or ‘functional foods’
Nutraceuticals or ‘Functional foods’
Garlic, ginger, turmeric and many other herbs and spices
Flavonoid-containing plants such as bilberries, cocoa and red wine
ANTHOCYANIN
Containing plants such as tomatoes, carrots and many other vegetables.
CAROTENOID
Studies the structure, evolution and development
MORPHOLOGY
Proposed the theory of Natural selection
CHARLES DARWIN
Studies the structure and function of important biological molecule (proteins and nucleic acids)
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Study the chemical interactions within plants
PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY
Studies the structure, function and life processes of plants
PLANT CELL BIOLOGY
Study of interrelationship among plants and their environment
PLANT ECOLOGY
Commercial importance
ECONOMIC BOTANY
DKPCOFGS
- DOMAIN
- KINGDOM
- PHYLUM
- CLASS
- ORDER
- FAMILY
- GENUS
- SPECIES