Pharmacognosy: Herbal Dietary Supplements

Question 1

T/F: Ginko aids in memory

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What is pharmacognosy

Answer 2

Drug discovery from plants, marine organisms, microbes, synthetic biology

Question 3

Who brought moder research to UIC

Answer 3

Norman R Farnsworth

Question 4

What is DHSEA, what are part of DSHEA

Answer 4

Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (defines dietary supplement)/ vitamin, minderal, herb, botanical, amino acid, dietary substance

Question 5

T/F: Some natural products in America are drugs in other countries

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Natural health products are allowed to make what

Answer 6

Health claims

Question 7

What does the FDA regulate

Answer 7

Safety of foods and dietary supplements

Question 8

What claims can dietary supplements not make

Answer 8

diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease

Question 9

T/F: Dietary supplements are considered foods and regulated as such

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What is the extract similar to ginko

Answer 10

EGb671

Question 11

What is botanical synergy

Answer 11

Combination of constituents have defined biological activity for beneficial actions

Question 12

What is found in very vascular plant

Answer 12

Flavonoids

Question 13

What are biflavonoids

Answer 13

Flavonoid units joined by a C-C bond (dimeric flavonoids)

Question 14

What drugs should not be used with ginkos, why

Answer 14

Aspirin increased risk of bleeding

Question 15

What is the potential toxic constituent in ginko

Answer 15

Ginkgotoxin: antivitamin B6 activity, ginkgolic acids: may cause allergic contact dermatitis in some individuals

Question 16

What is the pharmacology of the ginko leaf

Answer 16

Protect and hancne recovery from neuronal damage, significant effect on cognitive perfomance in people with dementia, increases cereberal blood flow by upregulating VEFG and eNOS