Exam 19: Medicinal Plants

Approximately ______ percent of all medicines used in the United States today are still plant based.

Which of the following families is not among those with significant amounts of alkaloids?

Saw palmetto inhibits alpha reductase,which converts testosterone into DHT.

Daily use of aspirin has been shown to reduce the occurrence of

Ancient Greek and Roman women used a plant called silphium as a _______.

Compounds obtained from this plant has been used to make methamphetamine.

To treat a burn,you can use the cut leaves of

Plasmodium gametocytes form in the

Digitoxin has uses both as a treatment for glaucoma and as an antidote to the side effects of chemotherapy.

Seeds and pits of many members of the rose family contain which type of glycoside?

Aloin is the poison used in blow darts and as an effective muscle relaxant during surgery.

Which of the following is an effect of acetylsalicylic acid?

Which of the following compounds suppresses the activity of prostaglandins?

Quinine directly kills plasmodium

Reye's syndrome is related to taking aspirin and

Which of the following medicinal plant extracts is a glycoside?

Alkaloids generally affect physiology by acting on the _____ system.

Which of the following is a true statement about digitalis?

Which of the following is not a true statement about glycosides?

Aspirin has all of the following properties except it is not