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MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACEUTICAL BOTANY Flashcards

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What are the main branches of Biology?

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  1. Botany
  2. Zoology
  3. Microbiology
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It is the study of Plants

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BOTANY

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It is a study of Animals

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ZOOLOGY

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It is the study of microorganisms

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MICROBIOLOGY

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What are the branches of Botany?

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  • Mycology
  • Paleobotany
  • Horticulture
  • Bryology
  • Ethnobotany
  • Agronomy
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What are the branches of Zoology?

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  • Entomology
  • Ichthyology
  • Ornithology
  • Herpetology
  • Anatomy
  • Physiology
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What are the branches of Microbiology?

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  • Bacteriology
  • Mycology
  • Protoxoology
  • Phycology
  • Nematology
  • Immunology
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Focuses on the systematic and scientific study of plants.

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BOTANY

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9
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Study of Insects

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ENTOMOLOGY

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Study of fish

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ICHTHYOLOGY

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Study of Birds

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ORNITHOLOGY

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Study of Amphibians

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HERPETOLOGY

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Study of Living organisms

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ANATOMY

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Study of the normal functions of living organisms

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PHYSIOLOGY

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Study of diseases

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PATHOLOGY

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Study of Fungi

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MYCOLOGY

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17
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Study of plants fossils

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PALEOBOTANY

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18
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Study of cultivation of plants

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HORTICULTURE

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Study of Mosses and Liverworts

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BRYOLOGY

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Study of Culture and plants/ how people of culture use the plants

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ETHNOBOTANY

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21
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STUDY OF CROPS

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AGRONOMY

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Study of Bacteria

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BACTERIOLOGY

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Study of Protozoa

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PROTOZOOLOGY

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24
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Study of Algae

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PHYCOLOGY

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25
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Study of Worms

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NEMATOLOGY

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26
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Stufy of Immune System

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IMMUNOLOGY

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27
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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.

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JOSEPH PRIESTLEY

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28
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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.

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ROBERT HOOKE

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29
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Discovered cells in living plant tissue used microscope observation to discover plant tissues.

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ROBERT HOOKE

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Considered to be the founders of the study of plant anatomy, for they examined in detail the structure and development of many plants.

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Marcello Malpighi and Nehemiah Grew

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Discovered various tissues in stems and roots.

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MARCELO MALPIGHI

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Described the structure of wood.

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NEHEMIAH GREW

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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.

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J.B. VAN HELMONT

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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).

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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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.

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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German scientist, coined the word “ecology”.

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ERNST HAECKEL

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US botanist, in 1895 he coined the term “ethnobotany”.

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JOHN WILLIAM HARSHBERGER

38
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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.

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PEDANIUS DIOSCORIDES

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Graeco-Roman medical doctor who summarized the complex body of Graeco-Roman pharmacy and medicine, and his name survived in the pharmaceutical term ‘galenical’.

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CLAUDIUS GALEN

40
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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.

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SHEN NONG BEN CAO JING

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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.

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HUANG DI

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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.

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LOUIS LEWIN

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Referred to as the “father of phytogeography”. He advocated a quantitative approach to phytogeography that has characterized modern plant geography.

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ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT

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Performed classic experiments with pea plants.

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GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL

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FATHER OF TAXONOMY

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS

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Study of plant cell and tissues

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PLANT ANATOMY

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The study of plant form and function.

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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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The study that identifies, describes, names and classifies plants.

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PLANT TAXONOMY

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The science of developing methods for grouping organisms.

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PLANT SYSTEMATICS

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Study of the interaction of plants with one another and with their environment.

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PLANT ECOLOGY

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Study of the geographic distribution of plant species and their influence on the earth’s surface.

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PLANT GEOGRAPHY

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The study of heredity

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GENETICS

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Study of genes and their functions, and related techniques

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GENOMICS

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The adjustment or changes in behavior,
physiology, and structure of an organism to
become more suited to an environment.

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ADAPTATION

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It is derived from Latin word “adaptare ”
which means “to fit”.

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ADAPTATION

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Process by which organisms adapt to their
environment OVER TIME, is the genetic
change in a population of organisms from
generation to generation.

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EVOLUTION

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Characteristics that enable an organism to better survive certain environment.

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ADAPTATION

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Derived from Greek pharmakon, ‘remedy’,
and gignosco, ‘knowledge’

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PHARMACOGNOSY

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The science of biogenic or nature-derived
pharmaceuticals and poisons.

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PHARMACOGNOSY

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Types of drugs derived from plants:

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▪ Herbal drugs derived from specific parts of a
medicinal plant

▪ Natural products or compounds isolated from nature

▪ Nutraceuticals or ‘functional foods’

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Nutraceuticals or ‘Functional foods’

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Garlic, ginger, turmeric and many other herbs and spices

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Flavonoid-containing plants such as bilberries, cocoa and red wine

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ANTHOCYANIN

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Containing plants such as tomatoes, carrots and many other vegetables.

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CAROTENOID

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Studies the structure, evolution and development

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MORPHOLOGY

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Proposed the theory of Natural selection

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CHARLES DARWIN

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Studies the structure and function of important biological molecule (proteins and nucleic acids)

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PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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Study the chemical interactions within plants

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PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY

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Studies the structure, function and life processes of plants

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PLANT CELL BIOLOGY

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Study of interrelationship among plants and their environment

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PLANT ECOLOGY

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Commercial importance

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ECONOMIC BOTANY

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DKPCOFGS

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  1. DOMAIN
  2. KINGDOM
  3. PHYLUM
  4. CLASS
  5. ORDER
  6. FAMILY
  7. GENUS
  8. SPECIES

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