QUIZ Flashcards
The oldest records of the use of therapeutic plants and minerals are derived from the ancient civilizations of the ______, the______, the_______ of Central America, and the_______ peoples of antiquity.
CHINESE, HINDUS, MAYANS,
MIDITERRANEAN
a book describing drugs,
chemicals, and medicinal preparations.
especially: one issued by an officially recognized authority and serving as a standard.
PHARMACOPEIA
Scholar emperor who compiled a book about herbs.
SHEN NUNG (2735 BC)
An antimalarial alkaloid
CH’ANG SHANG
Treatment for hypotension from which EPHEDRINE was isolated
MA HUANG
was known to the indigenous
American Indians for a treatment to various skin problems such as psoriasis and eczema.
CHAULMOOGRA FRUIT
Chaulmoogra fruit was known to the ____________ for a treatment to various skin problems such as psoriasis and eczema.
INDIGENOUS AMERICAN INDIAN
Chaulmoogra fruit was known to the indigenous American Indians for a treatment to various skin
problems such as_____and _______.
psoriasis and eczema
containing emetine was used in Brazil for the treatment of dysentery and diarrhea.
IPECACAUNHA ROOT
Containing cocaine
COCA LEAVES
Containing tryptamine
MUSHROOMS
Father of toxicology
PARACELSUS
used Antimony as a purgative and gained
much popularity after it was used to cure Louis XIV.
PARACELSUS
also used to treat people infected
with certain types of parasites; such as people who have schistosomiasis.
ANTIMONY
They refined and extended the
techniques of chemical analysis. The emphasis was shifted from finding new medicaments from
the vast world of plants to finding the active ingredients that accounted for their
pharmacologic properties.
EUROPEAN CHEMISTS
