Pharmacognosy Quiz Questions

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1.

The alkaloid found in calabar bean
- A.
  
  A. physostigmine
- B.
  
  B. Cocaine
- C.
  
  C. colchicines
- D.
  
  D. emetine
2.

Devil's dung used as a carminative, and anti-spasmodic.
- A.
  
  A. jalap
- B.
  
  B. gamboges
- C.
  
  C. asafetida
- D.
  
  D. witch hazel
3.

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

This does not possess narcotic properties and is therefore sometimes called anarcotine.
- A.
  
  A. noscapine
- B.
  
  B. hydrocodone
- C.
  
  C. papaverine HCI
- D.
  
  D. hydromorphone
5.

Parts of this plant that are used as condiments, except:
- A.
  
  A. bawang
- B.
  
  B. makabuhay
- C.
  
  C. siling labuyo
- D.
  
  D. luya
6.

The hallucinogen derived from egrot:
- A.
  
  A. THC
- B.
  
  B. ETO
- C.
  
  C. EDTA
- D.
  
  D. LSD
7.

The undissolved portion of the drug that remains after extraction:
- A.
  
  A. solute
- B.
  
  B. marc
- C.
  
  C. solvent
- D.
  
  D.active drug
8.

Plant sources of purine bases alkaloids:
- A.
  
  A. kola
- B.
  
  B. tea
- C.
  
  C. cacao
- D.
  
  D. all of these
9.

Milky white viscid secretion from the salivary glands of the worker hive bee, Apis mellifera, and is udes as A general tonic, toward the effects of old age:
- A.
  
  A. lac
- B.
  
  B. royal jelly
- C.
  
  C. ginseng
- D.
  
  D. propolis
10.

Class of natural products with potent and diverse biological activities involved in platelet aggregation, pain and inflammation.
- A.
  
  A. enzyme
- B.
  
  B. hormones
- C.
  
  C. porstaglandis
- D.
  
  D. tubocurarine
11.

Attacks protopectin yielding soluble pectin:
- A.
  
  A. protopectase
- B.
  
  B. pectose
- C.
  
  C. pectinase
- D.
  
  D. pectase
12.

The new name of the family Palmae:
- A.
  
  A. poaceae
- B.
  
  B. asteraceae
- C.
  
  C. caesalpinaceae
- D.
  
  D. arecaceae
13.

A local source of cyanogenic glycosides is:
- A.
  
  A. Cyanogenum Esculenta
- B.
  
  B. Manihot esculentum
- C.
  
  C. Manihot cympogon
- D.
  
  D. Manihot esculenta
14.

The principal cinchona alkaloid employed therapeutically as anti-protozoal drug
- A.
  
  A. quinine
- B.
  
  B. chloroquine
- C.
  
  C. quinacrine
- D.
  
  D. quinidine
- E.
  
  E. eserine salicylate
15.

The pathologic product of sperm whale is:
- A.
  
  A. copaiba
- B.
  
  B. ambergris
- C.
  
  C. bayberry
- D.
  
  D. carnauba
- E.
  
  E. teaberry
16.

These are major carotenoids in plants, except:
- A.
  
  A. b-carotene
- B.
  
  B. lycopene
- C.
  
  C. a-carotene
- D.
  
  D. gossypol
17.

Alkaloids as salts may be liberated from plant components using:
- A.
  
  A. acidulated water
- B.
  
  B. sodium carbonate
- C.
  
  C. methanol
- D.
  
  D. ether
18.

This is the parent nucleus of the chlorophylls:
- A.
  
  A. bilan
- B.
  
  B. porphine
- C.
  
  C. tetraporphinpyrrole
- D.
  
  D. magnesium
19.

It is one of the ingredients og the embalming material of egyptians:
- A.
  
  A. benzoin
- B.
  
  B. tolu balsam
- C.
  
  C. myrrh
- D.
  
  D. none
20.

The solid resin from turpentine:
- A.
  
  A. benzoin
- B.
  
  B. styrax
- C.
  
  C. tolu
- D.
  
  D. rosin