LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – PLANT BIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

AE 11

FIFTH SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         PB 5503 – HERBAL AND ETHANOBOTANY

(Also equivalent to PBB 513)

 

 

Date & Time : 27-10-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Part A

 

Answer all questions                                                                           (20 Marks)

 

1. Choose the best answer (5 x 1 = 5)

 

1. One of the following is not a pure chemical entity owing to its definite melting point and uniform constitution.
2. Starch b. Cellulose c. Lignin          d. Alkaloids
3. _____ means the addition of an inferior or a spurious material to any article to defraud .
4. Deterioration b. Admixture c. Sophistication          d. Substitution
5. Who systematised Unani medicine?
6. Theophrastus b. Hippocrates c. S K Jain    d. E P Janaki Ammal
7. Extract of _____ is used in the preparation of hair oils.
8. Eclipta alba b. Coriandrum sativum
9. Phyllanthus amarus d. Ocimum sanctum
10. Sitz bath is also known as
11. Oat bath b. Lavender bath    c. Hydrotherapy bath    d. Hip bath

 

1. State whether the following are true or false (5 x 1 = 5)

 

6. Tribes always wish to live in harmony with nature.
7. Crystallisation of herbal constituents preceeds microextraction and microfiltration.
8. Siddha system of medicine is otherwise referred to as Hindu medicine.
9. Comfrey goo is a herbal oil.
10. Curative principles for Jaundice are extracted from Phyllanthus amarus.

 

III. Complete the following                                                                (5 x 1 = 5)

 

11. Drug colour names are standardised and determined by ______ charts.
12. _______ are some selected plants considered by tribes as sacred and are used in worship of God or Deity.
13. ______ is the pioneering ethnobotanist of Botanical Survey of India.
14. ______ is the alkaloid of Adathoda vasica widely used as an expectorant.
15. ______ involve the exclusive use of glycerin in the place of honey to sweeten the drugs.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Answer the following in one or two sentences (5 x 1 = 5)

 

Write notes on the following:

16. Materia Medica
17. Stas – Otto process
18. Baram or Charam
19. Tincture
20. Vincristin and Vinblastin

 

Part B

 

Answer any five of the following, each not exceeding 350 words.  (5 x 8 = 40)

 

21. Bring out the important conditions towards drug adulteration.
22. Comment on the strategies of conservation of medicinal plants by tribes.
23. Discuss in general Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
24. Explain the methodology of ethnobotanical research.
25. Write short note on the tribal attitude towards disease diagnosis and treatment.
26. Comment on the importance of ethnobotany in India.
27. How to collect, dry and to store herbs?
28. With suitable diagrams, describe any one of the following in organoleptic terms.
29. Andrographis paniculata b. Datura metel

 

 

Part C

 

Answer the following, each not exceeding 1500 words.                   (2 x 20 = 40)

 

29 a. Write an essay on organoleptic evaluation of drugs.

(OR)

1. Describe the importance of ethnobotany in Indian systems of medicine.

30 a. Write down the methodologies of extraction of phytopharmaceuticals

(OR)

1. Describe the preparatory procedures of the following herbal preparations.
2. Compresses or Fomentations   ii. Elixirs   iii. Herbal Teas     iv. Salves

 

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