,PCAM EXAM 1 (LATEST) 2024 QUESTIONS
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
Define pharmacognosy? Answer - The study of natural product molecules that
are useful for their medicinal, pharmaceutical, ecological, gustatory, or other
functional properties.
What is complementary medicine? Answer - using alternative medicine
together with conventional medicine
What is alternative medicine? Answer - alternative medicine is used in place of
conventional medicine
What is integrative medicine? Answer - when conventional and
complementary approaches together in a coordinated way.
Term for using alternative medicine in place of conventional medicine? Answer
- alternative medicine
List the general sources of compounds studied by pharmacognosy? Answer -
marine invertebrates, plants, fungi, bacteria
What are primary metabolites? Answer - All plants contain them and are
required for plant survival; it includes sugars, lipids, amino acids, proteins, and
nucleic acids
, What are secondary metabolites? Answer - They are important for the survival
of plant species but are not required to be present in plants
What do secondary metabolites serve as? Answer - 1. weapons against
bacteria, fungi, parasites, plants, insects, and large animals
2. as metal transporting agents
3. as symbiotic agents between microbes and plants, nematodes, insects, and
higher animals
What does pharmacognosy deal with? Answer - 1. crude herbs or extracts
2. pure compounds
3. foods having additional health benefits
What are botanical products according to the FDA? Answer - Finished, labeled
products that contain vegetable matter as ingredients
What is the pathway for regulatory approval for a botanical drug? Answer -
IND/NDA FDA approval
What is the pathway for regulatory approval for a dietary supplement? Answer
- premarket notification to FDA
What is the pathway for regulatory approval for a GRAS ingredients? Answer -
Self affirmation, FDA accepts
What is the pathway for regulatory approval for a medicinal food? Answer -
Self affirmation
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