Pharmacognosy Part 3 Flashcards
When is the best time to collect root crops?
When the overground parts are withering
When is the best time to collect bark?
Between summer & spring
Unripe fruit of pectin
Protopectin
Overripe fruit of pectin
Pectic acid
Young leaves of marijuana
Canabidiol
Mature leaves of marijuana
Canabinol
Solanceous alkaloids aka
Atropine
Solanaceous alkaloids when to collect
When fruits begin to form
Collection
Small-scale
Initial selection of the species to cultivate
Collection
Large-scale
Harvesting
T or F use of machines lead to less labor costs
True
Most important step
Drying
Reasons for drying
I. Fix the constituent
II. Ensure good qualities
III. Removes moisture content to prevent microbial growth and enzymatic degradation
All of the above
Special drying process
Curing
Enhances the property of the active component
Curing
T or F Cascara sagrada’s reduced form is less irritating
False. Cascara Sagrada’s reduced form is irritating
Glucovanillic acid —>
Vanillin
Sweating process enhances the aroma & flavor
Vanilla
How many days to preserve vanilla’s aroma?
7 days
Final step in the preparation of crude drugs
Garbling
Removal of extraneous materials
Garbling
Optional step
Packaging, storage & preservation
Step for protection & marketability
Packaging, Storage & Preservation
Preservation simplest method
Expose drug to 65 degree celsius
Preservation: Fumigation with ____
Ch3Br (bromomethane or methyl bromide)
Preservation: Add a drop of ____ & _____
CHCl3 & CCl4 (Chloroform & carbon tetrachloride)
Steps in the Preparation of Crude Drugs
Collection, Harvesting, Drying, Curing, Garbling
& Packaging, Storage & Preservation
Saccharum Officinarum
Sugar Cane
Xylose aka
Wood sugar
Storage polysaccharide (starch)
Alpha-D-Glucose
Structural (body) polysaccharide
Beta-D-Glucose
Most important form of glucose
Beta-D-Glucose
Obtained from sucrose inversion
Fructose
Levulose
Fructose
Fruit sugar
Fructose
Nutrient form for diabetics
Fructose
Ingredient found in infant feeding formula
Fructose
Sweetest monosaccharide
Fructose
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple