Pharmacognosy Quiz Questions And Answers

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Here in this pharmacognosy quiz with questions and answers, you will get to learn more about medicinal drugs and their myriad uses. For ages past, we have been utilizing these herbs and plants to treat various diseases and ailments. There are still many uses of various plants that have yet to be found and so many plants whose uses we are not even aware of! Let's start this quiz and learn more about pharmacognosy. All the best!

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1.

The alkaloid found in calabar bean
- A.
  
  Physostigmine
- B.
  
  Cocaine
- C.
  
  Colchicines
- D.
  
  Emetine
2.

Devil's dung which is used as a carminative and anti-spasmodic.
- A.
  
  Jalap
- B.
  
  Gamboges
- C.
  
  Asafetida
- D.
  
  Witch hazel
3.

The following is/are the properties of nonhydrolyzable tannins except:
- A.
  
  They give a bluish to black color with ferric chloride.
- B.
  
  They usually contain phloroglucinol nucleus in part.
- C.
  
  They are usually precipitated by bromine water TS.
- D.
  
  They yield catechol when heated.
4.

This does not possess narcotic properties and is therefore sometimes called anarcotine.
- A.
  
  Noscapine
- B.
  
  Hydrocodone
- C.
  
  Papaverine HCI
- D.
  
  Hydromorphone
5.

The hallucinogen derived from ergot:
- A.
  
  THC
- B.
  
  ETO
- C.
  
  EDTA
- D.
  
  LSD
6.

Plant sources of purine bases alkaloids:
- A.
  
  Kola
- B.
  
  Tea
- C.
  
  Cacao
- D.
  
  All of these
7.

Class of natural products with potent and diverse biological activities involved in platelet aggregation, pain, and inflammation.
- A.
  
  Enzyme
- B.
  
  Hormones
- C.
  
  Porstaglandis
- D.
  
  Tubocurarine
8.

Attacks protopectin yielding soluble pectin:
- A.
  
  Protopectase
- B.
  
  Pectose
- C.
  
  Pectinase
- D.
  
  Pectase
9.

The new name of the family Palmae:
- A.
  
  Poaceae
- B.
  
  Asteraceae
- C.
  
  Caesalpinaceae
- D.
  
  Arecaceae
10.

A local source of cyanogenic glycosides is:
- A.
  
  Cyanogenum Esculenta
- B.
  
  Manihot esculentum
- C.
  
  Manihot cympogon
- D.
  
  Manihot esculenta
11.

The principal cinchona alkaloid employed therapeutically as an anti-protozoal drug.
- A.
  
  Quinine
- B.
  
  Chloroquine
- C.
  
  Quinacrine
- D.
  
  Quinidine
- E.
  
  Eserine salicylate
12.

The pathologic product of sperm whales is:
- A.
  
  Copaiba
- B.
  
  Ambergris
- C.
  
  Bayberry
- D.
  
  Carnauba
- E.
  
  Teaberry
13.

These are major carotenoids in plants, except:
- A.
  
  B-carotene
- B.
  
  Lycopene
- C.
  
  A-carotene
- D.
  
  Gossypol
14.

Alkaloids as salts may be liberated from plant components using:
- A.
  
  Acidulated water
- B.
  
  Sodium carbonate
- C.
  
  Methanol
- D.
  
  Ether
15.

This is the parent nucleus of the chlorophylls:
- A.
  
  Bilan
- B.
  
  Porphine
- C.
  
  Tetraporphinpyrrole
- D.
  
  Magnesium
16.

It is one of the ingredients of the embalming material of Egyptians:
- A.
  
  Benzoin
- B.
  
  Tolu balsam
- C.
  
  Myrrh
- D.
  
  None
17.

The solid resin from turpentine:
- A.
  
  Benzoin
- B.
  
  Styrax
- C.
  
  Tolu
- D.
  
  Rosin