Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry Flashcards
The ratio of disinfectant to the dilution of phenol required to kill a given strain of the bacterium Salmonella typhi:
a. Phenol number
b. Phenol coefficient
c. Phenol value
d. None of the above
b. Phenol coefficient
The generic name of Nizoral:
a. Meconazole
b. Clotrimazole
c. Ketoconazole
d. Potassium sorbate
c. Ketoconazole
Sulfonamides used for burn therapy:
a. Mafenide
b. Silver sulfadiazine
c. both a and b
d. none of the preceeding
c. both a and b
The following are preservatives except:
a. undecylenic acid
b. Methyl paraben
c. benzoic acid
d. potassium sorbate
a. undecylenic acid
The combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole is also known as:
a. clotrimazole
b. miconazole
c. co-trimoxazole
d. cotrimazine
c. co-trimoxazole
A polyene anti-fungal antibiotic:
a. Griseofulvin
b. Nystatin
c. Salicylic acid
d. Econazole
b. Nystatin
Benzyl penicillin is also known as:
a. Penicillin G
b. Penicillin V
c. Oxacillin
d. Ampicillin
a. Penicillin G
First generation urinary tract anti-infective:
a. salicylic acid
b. Griseofulvin
c. Norfloxacin
d. Nalidixic acid
d. Nalidixic acid
A fluoroquinolone:
a. Norfloxacin
b. Pipemedic acid
c. Methenamine
d. none of the above
a. Norfloxacin
Combination therapy in the treatment of tuberculosis contain the following drugs, except:
a. Ethambutol
b. Rifampin
c. Isoniazid
d. Streptomycin
d. Streptomycin
These drugs are used in treatment of amoebic dysentery, except:
a. Tinidazole
b. Chloroquine
c. Etofamide
d. Metronidazole
b. Chloroquine
A fourth generation cephalosphorins:
a. Cefaloxin
b. Cefepime
c. Cefamandole
d. Cefuroxime
b. Cefepime
This drug is used in the treatment of chicken pox:
a. Zidovudine
b. Chloroquine
c. Acyclovir
d. Metronidazole
c. Acyclovir
The drug of choice for typhoid fever:
a. Chloramphenicol
b. Lincomycin
c. Penicillin
d. Cephalosporins
a. Chloramphenicol
The generic name of Dalacin C which is often used to treat pimples:
a. Erythromycin
b. Tetracycline
c. Lincomycin
d. Clindamycin
d. Clindamycin
The study of chemical agents which are selectively more toxic to the invading organisms than the host:
a. therapeutics
b. chemotherapy
c. organic chemistry
d. biochemistry
b. chemotherapy
Compounds that kill or prevent the growth of microorganisms when applied to living tissues:
a. disinfectant
b. fungicides
c. antiseptics
d. systemic anti-infectives
c. antiseptics
A combination of non-ionic and cationic surfactants with iodine:
a. Povidone-Iodine
b. Strong I2 solution
c. Iodine Tincture
d. I2 in KI solution
a. Povidone-Iodine
The generic name of new Merthiolate is:
a. Chorhexidine gluconate c. Mexachlorophene
b. Thimerosal d. Benzalkonium chloride
d. Benzalkonium chloride
Mechanism of action of quinolones:
a. injury to plasma membrane c. protein synthesis inhibition
b. inhibition of DNA gyrase d. production of toxic free radicals
b. inhibition of DNA gyrase
Prodrugs of active anti-malarial metabolites, the dihydrotriazines:
a. quinolines
b. biguanides
c. beta-lactams
d. quinolones
b. biguanides
7 chloro-7-deoxy lincomycin:
a. clindamycin
b. roxithromycin
c. spectinomycin
d. ilotycin
a. clindamycin
The drug is effective against both exoerythrocytic and erythrocytic forms of malaria:
a. chloroquine
b. quinine
c. amodiaquine
d. cycloguanil
d. cycloguanil
Newest and most potent quinoline derivative for malaria:
a. amodiaquine
b. mefloquine
c. atabrine
d. daraprim
b. mefloquine
An aromatic diamide derivative used for sleeping sickness:
a. suramin
b. pentamidine
c. efflornithine
d. stibophen
b. pentamidine
Methylated erythromycin:
a. clarithromycin
b. azithromycin
c. lincomycin
d. ilotycin
a. clarithromycin
A semi-synthetic aminoglycoside whose structural prototype is kanamycin:
a. Kantrex
b. Amikin
c. Garamycin
d. Nebcin
b. Amikin (Amikacin)
Structural congener of Symmetrel which is used for viral influenza:
a. ribavirin
b. rimantadine
c. gancyclovir
d. foscarnet
b. rimantadine
More potent optical isomer of ofloxacin:
a. levo
b. dextro
c. cis isomer
d. trans isomer
a. levo
These group of drugs share the same mechanism of action as that of sulfanilamide but are less effective:
a. trimethoprim
b. sulfones
c. quinolones
d. none of the above
b. sulfones
Mechanism of action of thiabendazole:
a. paralysis due to GABA receptor occupation c. phagocytic attack on worms
b. inhibition of cell division d. decreased glucose uptake
d. decreased glucose uptake
This anti-burn therapy causes systemic acidosis:
a. silvadene
b. sulfamylon
c. whitfield
d. vandol
b. sulfamylon
Drug of choice for filarial infections:
a. ivermectin c. diethylcarbamazine
b. praziquantel d. Stibophen
c. diethylcarbamazine
Active form of the sulfonamide:
a. non-ionized
b. ionized
c. amphoteric
d. oxo ring
b. ionized
Use of crotamiton:
a. pediculicide
b. scabicide
c.anthelmintic
d. antibacterial
b. scabicide
Mechanism of action of mebendazole:
a. paralysis due to excessive loss of calcium c. decreased glucose uptake
b. unknown mechanism of action d. phagocytic attack on worms
c. decreased glucose uptake
A sympathomimetic agent that bind to alpha receptors found centrally that cause suppression of appetite:
a. Xenical
b. Gas-X
c. Apokinon
d. Adifax
d. Adifax
An example of a glycine conjugation pathway:
a. phenol to phenolsulfate c. noradrenaline to epinephrine
b. benzoic acid to hippuric acid d. antabuse to dithiocarbamic acid
b. benzoic acid to hippuric acid
The following are characteristics of active transport, except:
a. follow saturation kinetics c. carrier mediated
b. expenditure of energy d. higher to lower concentration gradient
d, higher to lower concentration gradient
These anti-diarrheals tend to decrease pore sizes of GIT epithelial to prevent formation of watery stools:
a. adsorbents
b. astringents
c. anti-motility
d. oresols
b. astringents
This anti-histamine possesses the same indications as that of diphenhydramine:
a. meclizine
b. hyoscine
c. dimenhydrinate
d. celestamine
c. dimenhydrinate
The metabolism of warfarin is induced by the following except:
a. tolbutamide
b. haloperidol
c. nitroglycerine
d. DDT
a. tolbutamide
Fertility vitamins:
a. retinoic acid
b. riboflavin
c. alpha tocopherol
d. biotin
c. alpha tocopherol (Vitamin E)
Calcitriol, a hormone responsible for enhanced absorption of calcium from the intestines, is synthesized from:
a. calcitonin
b. vitamin D2
c. vitamin D3
d. caltrate
c. Vitamin D3
A metabolite of chloral hydrate:
a. trichloroacetic acid
b. acetaldehyde
c. carbapenem ring
d. phenacetone
a. trichloroacetic acid
A sample drug excreted via the saliva:
a. lidocaine
b. sulfonamide
c. sulfonamide
d. thiamine
a. lidocaine
A vitamin A derivative used in the management of psoriasis:
a. Retin-A
b. Tegison
c. Accutane
d. Oilatum
b. Tegison
Structurally specific drugs are those whose activity depends on:
a. physical characteristics c. both a and c
b. ability to bind on a specific receptor d. none of the above
b. ability to bind on a specific receptor
The most potent anti-bacterial alcohol:
a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary
d. quaternary
a. primary
Product of acid hydrolysis of penicillins:
a. penicillenic acid
b. penicilloic acid
c. penicilloate Cl
d. pinecillic acid
a. penicillenic acid