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pharmacognosy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of natural product molecules
(typically secondary metabolites) that are useful for their properties
what properties of substances make them useful for pharmacognosy -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔medicinal
pharmaceutical
ecological
gustatory
other functional properties
what biological kingdoms do most natural products come from -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔marine invertebrates
plants
fungi
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,bacteria
primary metabolites - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sugars
lipids
amino acids
proteins
nucleic acids
which type of metabolites are required by plants for life - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔primary metabolites
secondary metabolites - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔are very important but not required
by all plant species
functions of secondary metabolites - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-weapons against
bacteria, fungi, parasites, plants, insects, and large animals
-metal transporting agents
-symbiotic agents between microbes and plants, nematodes, insects, and
higher animals
pharmacognosy deals with - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-crude herbs and extracts
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,-pure compounds
-foods having additional health benefits
complementary medicine - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔used with conventional medicine
alternative medicine - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔used in place of conventional
medicine
herbal drugs aka - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔herbal remedies
phytomedicines
derived from parts of a medicinal plant
examples of herbal drugs - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔St. John's wort
Ginkgo biloba
chamomile flowers
senna leaves
natural products - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔compounds derived from nature
pure chemical entities used as licensed medicines
can be produced synthetically but originally made from plants
examples of natural products - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔morphine
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, digoxin
taxol
quinine
caffeine
dietary supplements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔foods used for beneficial effects on
health
examples of dietary supplements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔garlic
flavonoid containing plants
carotenoid containing plants
what areas of medicine can drugs derived from plants be used in -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔conventional pharmaceutical medicine
complementary medicine
alternative medicine
characteristics of use of herbal medicines and dietary supplements in
recent years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔extensive
increasing
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pharmacognosy - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔study of natural product molecules
(typically secondary metabolites) that are useful for their properties
what properties of substances make them useful for pharmacognosy -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔medicinal
pharmaceutical
ecological
gustatory
other functional properties
what biological kingdoms do most natural products come from -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔marine invertebrates
plants
fungi
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,bacteria
primary metabolites - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sugars
lipids
amino acids
proteins
nucleic acids
which type of metabolites are required by plants for life - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔primary metabolites
secondary metabolites - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔are very important but not required
by all plant species
functions of secondary metabolites - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-weapons against
bacteria, fungi, parasites, plants, insects, and large animals
-metal transporting agents
-symbiotic agents between microbes and plants, nematodes, insects, and
higher animals
pharmacognosy deals with - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-crude herbs and extracts
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,-pure compounds
-foods having additional health benefits
complementary medicine - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔used with conventional medicine
alternative medicine - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔used in place of conventional
medicine
herbal drugs aka - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔herbal remedies
phytomedicines
derived from parts of a medicinal plant
examples of herbal drugs - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔St. John's wort
Ginkgo biloba
chamomile flowers
senna leaves
natural products - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔compounds derived from nature
pure chemical entities used as licensed medicines
can be produced synthetically but originally made from plants
examples of natural products - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔morphine
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, digoxin
taxol
quinine
caffeine
dietary supplements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔foods used for beneficial effects on
health
examples of dietary supplements - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔garlic
flavonoid containing plants
carotenoid containing plants
what areas of medicine can drugs derived from plants be used in -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔conventional pharmaceutical medicine
complementary medicine
alternative medicine
characteristics of use of herbal medicines and dietary supplements in
recent years - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔extensive
increasing
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