PHARMACOGNOSY (PACOP Green)
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1. A glucosan yield glucose units on hydrolysis. While inulin is a ____
a. fructosan b. hexosan c. pentosan d. diosan e. all of these: A
2. The usual source of tannins from plants are from the :
a. barks/stems b. seeds c. roots d. rhizomes e. all of these: A
3. Ethanol and citric acid are produced by the cellular respiration of carbohy-
drates, especially
a. glucose b. sucrose c. fructose d. xylose e. lactose: A
4. Because mannitol is absorbed from the GIT and parenterally is not metabo-
lized, then it is used as:
a. digestant b. osmotic diuretic c. acidulant d. cathartic e. laxative: B
5. This gum has pseudo-plastic property to enable ointments to hold their shape
and spread readily.
a. Karaya b. xanthan c. locust bean d. guar e. Indian gum: B
6. The following are general steps in the preparation of the crude drug for
commercial market, except:
a. harvesting b. garbling c. storage and drying d. none of the above: D
7. The usual source of fixed oils:
a. flowers b. seeds c. leaves d. stems e. roots/rhizomes: B
8. This is used as an antidote for alkaloidal poisoning:
a. lactic acid b. tannic acid c.tartaric acid d. picric acid e. gallic acid: B
9. The most important of the opium alkaloids is:
a. heroin b. codeine c. morphine d. narcotine e. papaverine: C
10. The red-colored product formed when tannins are treated with hydrolytic
agents known as:
a. amolonin b. diosgenin c. phlobephenes d. catechin e. leucocyanidin: C
11. The most widely used alkaloid is:
a. heroin b. codeine c. morphine d. narcotine e. papaverine: B
12. Tannins have the ability to precipitate ______ which is utilized in vegetable
tanning which converts animal
hides to leather:
a. fats b. carbohydrates c. alkaloids d. proteins e. glycosides: D
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13. Among the anthraquinone glycosides, this is not employed as cathartic
because it is too irritating to use:
a. aloe b. frangula c. rhubarb d. senna e. chrysarobin: E
14. Ethiodized oil is an iodine addition product of ethyl ester of the fatty acid of:
a. corn b. peanut c. almond d. soybean e. poppy seed: E
15. The alkaloid present in Rauwolfia is
a. emetine b. reserpine c. physostigmine d. morphine e. scopolamine: B
16. The alkaloid formed by the acetylation of morphine is:
a. heroin b. codeine c. morphine d. cocaine e. papaverine: A
17. One of the following does not belong to the group; the volatile oils present
in Vick's vaporub:
a. methol b. camphor c. thymol d. eugenol e. cineole: D
18. This alkaloid is employed in ophthalmology to treat glaucoma:
a. eserine b. reserpine c. emetine d. morphine e. strychnine: A
19. One of the following is not a medicinal balsam:
a. storax b. benzoin c. styrax d. tolu e. methyl salicylate: E
20. If Indian hemp is cannabis; then black Indian hemp is:
a. convallaria b. podophyllum c. benzoin d. apocynum e. red squill: D
21. The alkaloid in the form of syrup is used in the treatment of drug overdose
in certain poisonings
a. hydrates b. ipecac c. quinine d. ergotamine e. morphine: B
22. The product formed by the action of nitric acid on rectified turpentine oil in
the presence of alcohol is:
a. cineole b. eugenol c. terpinol d. borneol e. linalool: C
23. The principal cinchona alkaloid employed therapeutically as anti-protozoal
drug
a. quinine b. chloroquine c. quinacrine d. quinidine e. eserine salicylate: D
24. The main therapeutic use of methosalen, a lactone glycoside:
a. anti-coagulant b. aphrodisiac c. anthelmintic d. repigmentation: D
25. Sodium morrhuate is the sodium salt of the fatty acid of:
a. shark b. whale c. cow d. pig e. cod: E
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26. Paregoric is also known as:
a. opium tincture c. camphorated opium tincture e. none of these
b. dover's powder d. laudanum: C
27. Menthol is the active constituent present in:
a. cinnamon b. coriander c. peppermint d. citronella e. spearmint: C
28. Lemon oil that has a _____ odor must not be used or dispensed:
a. rancid b. resinified c. calcified d. terebenthinate e. foul: D
29. These are lipid metabolites formed in the body of animals from unsaturated
fatty acids of the diet:
a. carnauba b. bayberry c. copaiba balsam d. prostaglandin e. lanolin: D
30. Mercuric Iodide, Potassium Iodide and water are the composition of:
a. Mayer's Reagent c. Wagner's Reagent e. none of these
b. Dragendorff's Reagent d. all of these: A
31. Classified as a alcohol glysoside:
a. salicin b. gentisin c. cantharidin d. entadin: A
32. These are antigenic substances capable of sensitizing the body in such a way
that unusual responses
occur in hypersensitive individuals:
a. antibodies b. allergens c. allergy d. all of these e. none of these: B
33. This test is used to determine the presence of proteins and involves the
reaction of the benzene nucleus
in the protein molecules yielding a deep yellow ppt as positive result.
a. Biuret test c. Xanthoproteic test e. none of these
b. Ninhydrin testrfgv4 d. Millon's test: C
34. This is a solid vegetable oil
a. coconut oil b. peanut oil c. theobroma d. cod liver oil e. almond: C
35. The coloring matter in plants
a. flavones b. anthraquinones c. apigenin d. plant pigments e. none of these: D
36. It is a liquid animal fat
a. coconut oil b. peanut oil c. theobroma d. cod liver oil e. almond oil: D
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1. A glucosan yield glucose units on hydrolysis. While inulin is a ____
a. fructosan b. hexosan c. pentosan d. diosan e. all of these: A
2. The usual source of tannins from plants are from the :
a. barks/stems b. seeds c. roots d. rhizomes e. all of these: A
3. Ethanol and citric acid are produced by the cellular respiration of carbohy-
drates, especially
a. glucose b. sucrose c. fructose d. xylose e. lactose: A
4. Because mannitol is absorbed from the GIT and parenterally is not metabo-
lized, then it is used as:
a. digestant b. osmotic diuretic c. acidulant d. cathartic e. laxative: B
5. This gum has pseudo-plastic property to enable ointments to hold their shape
and spread readily.
a. Karaya b. xanthan c. locust bean d. guar e. Indian gum: B
6. The following are general steps in the preparation of the crude drug for
commercial market, except:
a. harvesting b. garbling c. storage and drying d. none of the above: D
7. The usual source of fixed oils:
a. flowers b. seeds c. leaves d. stems e. roots/rhizomes: B
8. This is used as an antidote for alkaloidal poisoning:
a. lactic acid b. tannic acid c.tartaric acid d. picric acid e. gallic acid: B
9. The most important of the opium alkaloids is:
a. heroin b. codeine c. morphine d. narcotine e. papaverine: C
10. The red-colored product formed when tannins are treated with hydrolytic
agents known as:
a. amolonin b. diosgenin c. phlobephenes d. catechin e. leucocyanidin: C
11. The most widely used alkaloid is:
a. heroin b. codeine c. morphine d. narcotine e. papaverine: B
12. Tannins have the ability to precipitate ______ which is utilized in vegetable
tanning which converts animal
hides to leather:
a. fats b. carbohydrates c. alkaloids d. proteins e. glycosides: D
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13. Among the anthraquinone glycosides, this is not employed as cathartic
because it is too irritating to use:
a. aloe b. frangula c. rhubarb d. senna e. chrysarobin: E
14. Ethiodized oil is an iodine addition product of ethyl ester of the fatty acid of:
a. corn b. peanut c. almond d. soybean e. poppy seed: E
15. The alkaloid present in Rauwolfia is
a. emetine b. reserpine c. physostigmine d. morphine e. scopolamine: B
16. The alkaloid formed by the acetylation of morphine is:
a. heroin b. codeine c. morphine d. cocaine e. papaverine: A
17. One of the following does not belong to the group; the volatile oils present
in Vick's vaporub:
a. methol b. camphor c. thymol d. eugenol e. cineole: D
18. This alkaloid is employed in ophthalmology to treat glaucoma:
a. eserine b. reserpine c. emetine d. morphine e. strychnine: A
19. One of the following is not a medicinal balsam:
a. storax b. benzoin c. styrax d. tolu e. methyl salicylate: E
20. If Indian hemp is cannabis; then black Indian hemp is:
a. convallaria b. podophyllum c. benzoin d. apocynum e. red squill: D
21. The alkaloid in the form of syrup is used in the treatment of drug overdose
in certain poisonings
a. hydrates b. ipecac c. quinine d. ergotamine e. morphine: B
22. The product formed by the action of nitric acid on rectified turpentine oil in
the presence of alcohol is:
a. cineole b. eugenol c. terpinol d. borneol e. linalool: C
23. The principal cinchona alkaloid employed therapeutically as anti-protozoal
drug
a. quinine b. chloroquine c. quinacrine d. quinidine e. eserine salicylate: D
24. The main therapeutic use of methosalen, a lactone glycoside:
a. anti-coagulant b. aphrodisiac c. anthelmintic d. repigmentation: D
25. Sodium morrhuate is the sodium salt of the fatty acid of:
a. shark b. whale c. cow d. pig e. cod: E
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26. Paregoric is also known as:
a. opium tincture c. camphorated opium tincture e. none of these
b. dover's powder d. laudanum: C
27. Menthol is the active constituent present in:
a. cinnamon b. coriander c. peppermint d. citronella e. spearmint: C
28. Lemon oil that has a _____ odor must not be used or dispensed:
a. rancid b. resinified c. calcified d. terebenthinate e. foul: D
29. These are lipid metabolites formed in the body of animals from unsaturated
fatty acids of the diet:
a. carnauba b. bayberry c. copaiba balsam d. prostaglandin e. lanolin: D
30. Mercuric Iodide, Potassium Iodide and water are the composition of:
a. Mayer's Reagent c. Wagner's Reagent e. none of these
b. Dragendorff's Reagent d. all of these: A
31. Classified as a alcohol glysoside:
a. salicin b. gentisin c. cantharidin d. entadin: A
32. These are antigenic substances capable of sensitizing the body in such a way
that unusual responses
occur in hypersensitive individuals:
a. antibodies b. allergens c. allergy d. all of these e. none of these: B
33. This test is used to determine the presence of proteins and involves the
reaction of the benzene nucleus
in the protein molecules yielding a deep yellow ppt as positive result.
a. Biuret test c. Xanthoproteic test e. none of these
b. Ninhydrin testrfgv4 d. Millon's test: C
34. This is a solid vegetable oil
a. coconut oil b. peanut oil c. theobroma d. cod liver oil e. almond: C
35. The coloring matter in plants
a. flavones b. anthraquinones c. apigenin d. plant pigments e. none of these: D
36. It is a liquid animal fat
a. coconut oil b. peanut oil c. theobroma d. cod liver oil e. almond oil: D
