Polysaccharide and polysaccharide-containing drugs

Question 1

produced in large quantities in green leaves as the temporary storage form of photosynthetic product

Answer 1

Starch

Question 2

an enzyme present in pancreatic juice and saliva, hydrolyzes starch by a random splitting of a 1,4- glucosidic linkages

Answer 2

a-amylase

Question 3

produces its effect by removing maltose units from the non-reducing ends of polysaccharide molecules

Answer 3

B-amylase

Question 4

end product in the case of amylase is

Answer 4

maltose

Question 5

products of incomplete hydrolysis are polysaccharide fragments known as

Answer 5

dextrins

Question 6

Mature grain of corn

Answer 6

Zea mays

Question 7

Mature grain of wheat

Answer 7

Triticum aestivum

Question 8

Tubers of the potato

Answer 8

Solanaceae

Question 9

slightly soluble in cold water

used as tablet excipient

Answer 9

Pregelatinized starch

Question 10

• A semisynthetic material, is the sodium salt of a carboxymethyl ether of starch
• It is used as a disintegrating agent in tablet formulations.

Answer 10

SODIUM STARCH GLYCOLATE

Question 11

Is a semisynthetic material that is prepared in such a manner that is approx 90% amylopectin, and 7 or 8 hydroxyethyl substituents are present for each 10
glucose units

Answer 11

HETASTARCH

Question 12

A 6% solution of hetastarch is used as a

Answer 12

plasma expander

Question 13

it is obtained from the subterranean organs of members of the family Compositae

Answer 13

INULIN OR HYDROUS INULIN

Question 14

Is an a-1,6-linked polyglucan that is formed from sucrose by the action of a transglucosylase enzyme system (dextran sucrase) present in Leuconostoc
mesenteroides

Answer 14

Dextran

Question 15

Is a sterile, colloidal solution of ferric hydroxide in complex with partially hydrolyzed dextran of low molecular weight in water for injection

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IRON DEXTRAN INJECTION

Question 16

It is a hematinic preparation that is administered by intramuscular or intravenous injection

Answer 16

IRON DEXTRAN INJECTION

Question 17

• Most abundant organic compound on earth

* Principal structural element of higher plant cell walls

Answer 17

CELLULOSE

Question 18

is the hair of the seed of cultivated varieties of Gossypium hirsutum Linne or of other species of Gossypium (Malvaceae) that is freed from adhering impurities, deprived of fatty matter, bleached, and sterilized in its final container

Answer 18

PURIFIED COTTON

Question 19

PURIFIED COTTON also called as

Answer 19

absorbent cotton

Question 20

mechanically disintegrated cellulose

It is used as a self-binding tablet diluent and disintegrating agent.

Answer 20

POWDERED CELLULOSE

Question 21

• is a purified, partially depolymerized cellulose prepared by treating cellulose with mineral acids
• used as a diluent in the production of tablets

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MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE

Question 22

• is a fibrous form of bleached, regenerated cellulose

* it is used as a surgical aid and may not contain more than 1.25% of titanium dioxide

Answer 22

PURIFIED RAYON