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1
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Provides a true composition of the entire raw material delivery, process stream, or final product

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Gross Sample

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One that contains all the components in a raw material, process stream, or final product

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Representative Sample

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What sampling procedure must be made in static systems?

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Multilevel Sampling

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4
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3 examples of devices used in sampling liquids

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Coliwasas Sampler
Dipper
Bomb Sampler

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5
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2 examples of devices used in sampling homogeneous solids

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Thief
Riffle

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2 methods of sampling non-homogeneous solids

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Coning and Quartering
Rolling and Quartering

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7
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Differentiate crushing and grinding

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Crushing - Coarse
Grinding - Fine

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The 3 main reasons for crushing and grinding

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  1. To increase chemical reactivity by increasing surface area
  2. To change physical characteristics
  3. To improve mixing
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Frequently used device in the chemical processes to produce very fine powders

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Hammer Mill

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Refers to the ease with which a particle of a material can be fractured so as to reduce its size

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Grindability

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What is the relationship between energy and grindability?

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The less energy required, the greater the grindability

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12
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How is the reduction ratio computed?

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Average particle size before grinding, divided by the average particle size after grinding

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The process of selectively removing a solute from a mixture using a solvent

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Extraction

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14
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Solvents incapable of mixing with each other to attain homogeneity and will separate from each other into separate phases

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Immiscible Solvents

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Solvents capable of being mixed in any ratio without separation into two phases

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Miscible Solvents

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16
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What are the 7 steps in extraction for experimental purposes?

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  1. Proper and Timely Collection
  2. Authentication
  3. Drying and Grinding
  4. Extraction
  5. Fractionation
  6. Isolation of bioactive compound
  7. Quantification of bioactive compound
17
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What are the 7 types of herbal extracts?

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Aqueous
Fluid/Liquid
Viscous
Tinctures
Dried
Oily
Vinegars

18
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Insoluble or inert drug material that is left behind at the end of the extraction process

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Marc

19
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Suitable solvent for effective extraction process

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Menstruum

20
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Mixture of both the extracted drug material and the solvent of extraction

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Micelle

21
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Comprise active ingredients or secondary metabolites that possess biological activity

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Medicinal Plant

22
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Little to no medicinal properties (e.g. chlorophyll, amino acid)

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Primary Plant Constituent

23
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Responsible for activities (e.g. alkaloids, terpenoids, saponins)

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Secondary Plant Constituent
(Secondary Metabolites)

24
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What process can be used when extracting primary plant constituents?

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Bioassay Guided Fractionation

25
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What processes can be used when extracting secondary plant constituents?

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Bioautography
TLC and antimicrobial testing
Fingerprinting and Immunoassays

26
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What are the 4 factors to consider when choosing a solvent for plant extraction?

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Type of plant
Part of plant to be extracted
Nature of the bioactive compounds
Availability

27
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What are the 6 factors to consider in selecting solvents for extraction?

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  1. Selectivity
  2. Reactivity
  3. Safety
  4. Recovery
  5. Cost
  6. Low viscosity and boiling point
28
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What are the 6 factors to consider in choosing extraction method?

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  1. Stability to heat
  2. Nature of solvent
  3. Cost
  4. Duration
  5. Final volume required
  6. Intended use
29
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What are the 5 primary extraction processes?

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Infusion
Decoction
Maceration
Percolation
Digestion

30
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The process of extracting chemical compounds in a solvent by allowing the material to remain suspended in the solvent overtime

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Infusion

31
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Water-soluble and heat-stable constituents of hard and woody crude drugs are extracted out

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Decoction

32
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Process where the plant material is moistened with an appropriate amount of the solvent and allowed to stand for around 4 hours

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Percolation

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