ACADEMIC ZONE

REVISION QUIZ(FROM INTRODUCTION TO PLANT TISSUE SYSTEM) 1. Define the following terms:     A.Pharmacognosy     B.Crude drug     C. Ethnobotany     D.Ethnopharmacology     E.Natural product 2. With at least four examples of crude drugs,mention the main three sources of crude drugs 3. How do primitive man acquired the knowledge of medicinal properties of the plant? 4.Give the differences of the following terms;     1.amphivasal and amphicribral     2.meristematic tissue and permanent tissue(at least three points)     3.sclereids and fibers(at least two points)     4.vessel and tracheids(at least three points)     5.collateral and bicollateral 5.a). Mention three types of meristem based on location    b).Outline functions of each type 6.1.list three types of simple tissue    2.Outline five characteristics of p...

FITNESS PAPER                                                      PHARMACONOSY(MORPHOLOGY)  MULTIPLE CHOISE QUESTIONS  1. which organ of the plant produce sex cells:    a. seeds b. leaves c. flowers d. bark e. fruits 2. A dry fruit which split along both dorsal and ventral sutures to release their seeds is called....   a. Nuts b. Samara c. Follicles d. Achene e.Legumes 3. If stamens are separate is called...   a. polypetalous b. gynophore c. monadelphous d. diadelphous e. pistil 4. which of the following is an examples of the medicinal plant with straight-walled epidermal cells   a. Hyoscyamus b. senna leaves c. D.starmonium d. A.belladonna e. Talc 5. A freshy structures rich in lipids and proteins attached to the see...

 QIUZ. 1. With examples of medicinal plant, give the differences between organized and unorganized drugs 2. explain how the following factors affecting cultivation of medicinal plant      a. allelopathy      b. latitude and altitude      c. day length(sunlight) 3. With one example,explain six methods of vegetative propagation 4. Describe eight advantages of asexual method of medicinal plant cultivation 5. The species name usually indicate certain characteristics of the plant,what is the meaning of the following;       i. Cassia acutifolia       ii. Piper nigrum       iv. Myristica nigrum       v. Myristica fragrans       vi. Papaver sominferum 6. Mention four advantages of seed propagation 7. Describe requirement of seed germination 8. list five advantages of cultivated medici...

REVISION QUESTIONS 1. list three alkaloids which are not basic and three alkaloids in which the Nitrogen is not in a heterocyclic ring 2. Mention four functions of alkaloids in the plant 3. Give an example of alkaloid which is amorphous solids 4. If possible with examples mention five chemical characteristics of alkaloids 5. Alkaloids can be named by various methods,give name of alkaloids which may be derived from         a. Generic plant.......      b. Specific name of the plant......          c. Names of loves one........      d. Common name of the plant.....      e. Physiological action of the plant...... 6. explain classification of alkaloids by the Hegnauer's classification 7.  Matching iterm       1a.      A     1. Skeletal muscle relaxants     2. Smooth m...

QUIZ 1. With aids of diagram explain types of the  inflorescence flowers 2. What do you understand by the following terms;     perfect flower, imperfect flower, complete flowers 3. With examples,outline types of modify stem 4. Outline three types of vascular bundles according to the arrangement of xylem and phloem 5. With examples, describe nine type of asexual propagation by vegetative means 6. List four advantages of sexual method of propagation and six advantages of asexual method of  propagation 7. With examples,define organized and unorganized drugs 8. With examples of medicinal plant, describe how temperature,Day -length and latitude and Altitude affect cultivation of medicinal plant 9. With examples,give the difference between substitution and sophistication with inferior varieties 10. With aid of diagram explain classification of the leaf

 REVISION QUIZ 1. Describe  Glycone and Aglycone part of cardiac Glycoside with at least two points to each 2. List two chemical test of Cardiac glycoside 3. Mention three constituent produced by D.purpurea on drying after enzyme degradation take place and one from D.lanata 4. Explain classification of volatile oil based on extraction methods and list five uses of it 5. outline eight characteristics of Glycosides 6. with examples explain classification of Glycosides 7. list three Tropane alkaloids 8. what is mesophyl, and give short explanation on palisade and spongy mesophyl 9. briefly explain on pharmacognostic importance of epidermis 10. outline three test for presence of fixed oils and fats