Exam 19: Medicinal Plants

Which of the following is an example of the Doctrine of Signatures?

The release of _______ turns on systemic acquired resistance in plants.

Certain Native American tribes used _______ to treat allergies and to perform ritual purifications.

A text of plant descriptions,medical uses,and collection methods is known as a(n)____.

All of the following pairs of terms are matched correctly except one.Choose the exception.

All of the following compounds are matched correctly with the condition they are used to treat except one.Choose the exception.

All alkaloids contain nitrogen,have a basic pH and a ______ taste.

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

One major threat to traditional medicine in the tropical rain forest is ______.

In the stomach what do prostaglandins do?

Two countries in which herbal medicine still plays an extensive role are China and India.

William Withering successfully treated dropsy patients with leaves from

Ethnobotanists work with indigenous peoples to learn traditional medical practices and their plant sources.

All of the following medicinal plants are matched correctly with the disease or condition they are used to treat except one.Choose the exception.

Salicylic acid,which provided the basis for the development of aspirin,is believed to be a plant hormone which functions in ________.

______ is a plant that is the source of compounds that are effective decongestants as well as central nervous system stimulants.

The authoritative reference on medicinal plants for over 1500 years was De Materia Medica by:

The blending of traditional herbal medicine and modern medicine is most prominent in _______ culture.

The earliest known medical document prescribed _______ for pain relief.

Plasmodium merozoites multiply in the