PCOG EXAM

Question 1

Who introduced the term pharmacognosy?

Answer 1

Christianus Seydler

Question 2

deals with the biological, biochemical and economic features of biological origins and its constituents?

Answer 2

Pharmacognosy

Question 3

What are the focuses of pharmacognosy?

Answer 3

1. Identification of plants and animals
2. Chemistry
3. Evaluation, preservation or use of application of crude drugs
4. Toxicology
5. History, distribution, Collection and Selection
6. Preparation and Commerce
7. Botany and Horticulture
8. Pharmacology
9. Quality Control

Question 4

It is also referred to as (conventional medicine?)

Answer 4

Western Medicine

Question 5

It treats diseases? unani and ayurvedic medicine

Answer 5

RASAYANA HERBS

Question 6

it is practiced in india from china and japan?

Answer 6

Oriental Medicine

Question 7

Substances and products derived from natural sources and employed by physicians in the old day?

Answer 7

Medicinal Materials (Materia Medica)

Question 8

it is also known as Medicinal material?

Answer 8

Materia Medica

Question 9

contain drug monographs with set of specification for identity, strength, quality, purity, packaging and labelling for substances and dosage forms?

Answer 9

Pharmacopeia

Question 10

Contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients, and other therapeutics

Answer 10

Pharmacopeia

Question 11

Document that specifies all the tests to be conducted on a
product and/or appropriate references containing details
of procedure and expected result.

Answer 11

Specification

Question 12

What are the five civilizations?

Answer 12

1 BABYLONIANS
2 EGYPTIANS
3 HINDUS
4 GREEK
5 GERMAN

Question 13

its historical background is made by clay of human body?
Have early writing and aware of medicinal effects of plants (200plants)

Answer 13

BABYLONIANS

Question 14

its historical background is embalming and mummification

Answer 14

Egyptians

Question 15

Papyrus and Ebers

Answer 15

Egyptian historical background

Question 16

what plant was found in the nile river?

Answer 16

cyperus papyrus

Question 17

its historical background is Ayurveda

Answer 17

HINDUS

Question 18

the balance of body, mind and spirit?

and also known as the “mother of all healing arts?”

Answer 18

Ayurveda

Question 19

The oldest from its ancient Sanskrit roots

Answer 19

Ayurveda

Question 20

what does ayus and veda mean?

Answer 20

ayus is life
veda is knowledge

Question 21

Also called as “great triad or Bhrat-Trayi’

Answer 21

Ayurvedic References

Question 22

it belong to the practice ayurveda/ayurvedic medicine

Answer 22

Great triad or Bhrat-Trayi

Question 23

its definition is the text on internal medicine book of symptoms (184 chapters and 1,120 illnesses)

Answer 23

CHARAKA SASHRUTA

Question 24

written in poetic language

Answer 24

ASHTANGA HRIDAYAM

Question 25

• Greek physician
• De Materia Medica: substances and products
  derived from natural sources
   600 plants
  o Aloe
  o Belladonna (Atropa
  belladonna),
  o Colchicum

Answer 25

PEDANIOS
DIOSCORIDES

Question 26

 acute gout
drug
 constituent
of interest

Answer 26

Colchicine

Question 27

chronic
guot

Answer 27

Allopurinol

Question 28

(constituent of
interest: opium
alkaloids)

Answer 28

Opium & Ergot

Question 29

• Father of pharmaceutical compound
• Greek physician and pharmacist
• Galenic Cerate (cold cream)

Answer 29

CLAUDIUS
GALEN

Question 30

methods and processes of
preparing drugs from plant and
animal sources

Answer 30

Galenical Pharmacy

Question 31

the term “pharmacognosy” appeared in the
book “Analectica pharmacognostica” in
1815

Answer 31

Christianus Renotheus Seydler (C.A. Seydler)

Question 32

first to use the term “pharmacognosy” in the
book “Lehrbuch der Materia Medica” in 1811

Answer 32

Johann Adam Schmidt (J.A. Schmidt)

Question 33

he has the most comprehensive definition of
pharmacognosy

Answer 33

Fluckiger

Question 34

simultaneous application of
various scientific disciplines with
the objective of acquiring drugs
from every point of view

Answer 34

Fluckiger

Question 35

discovered Codeine

Answer 35

Pierre Robiquet

Question 36

isolated Quinine

Answer 36

Pierre Joseph
Pelletier and Joseph
Blenaime Cavanton