Medicinal Plant

Worksheet: Medicinal plants
A) Web site name: Plant conservation alliance

Web URL: http://www.nps.gov/plants/MEDICINAL/plants.htm
Read “Nature’s healing pharmacy”
1). How did early people learn which plants promoted health?
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2). What did the Cherokee use bloodroot for?

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3) What is the market for medicinal herbs in the US worth? ______________
Look at the “Plant information” section on the left of the screen, and click on two
different plants. For each plant provide the following information:
4). Name of plant: _______________________________________
5). Describe it’s appearance: ________________________________________

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6). Summarize the information about this plant:

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7). Name of plant: _______________________________________
8). Describe it’s appearance: ________________________________________

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9). Summarize the information about this plant:

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B) Web site name: New scientist magazine
Web site URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4538-herbal-medicine-boom-

threatens-plants.html
Read “Herbal medicine boom threatens plants”.
10). How many medicinal plants are in use worldwide? __________________
11). What percentage of these plants are still harvested from the wild? _______%
12). Which two countries supply many of these plants?

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13). What is the scientific name of tetu lakha?

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14) Why is tetu lakha important?

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15) Do you think that the comments by Body Shop’s spokeswoman are
reassuring? Explain your answer
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16) Why is there little incentive to sustainably produce particular species?
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17) Explain in your own words the problem with the export of African cherry.
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18) Why do you think there is a lack of awareness amongst consumers?
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C) Web site name: History of Aspirin
Web site URL: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaspirin.htm
Read “History of Aspirin”
19) How does aspirin work? ________________________________________
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20) What is the connection between aspirin and willow trees? ______________
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21) When did Buchner isolate salicin? __________________
22) What advance was made by Rafaele Piria? __________________________
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23) What is the problem with salicylic acid? ____________________________

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24) For which painful disease did Hoffmann first use aspirin? _______________
25) Which two trademarks once belonged to Bayer?

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D) Web site name: Science Daily
Web site URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090818130418.htm
26) What are the symptoms of norovirus infection? ______________________

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27) What is unusual about this vaccine? ________________________________

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28) What is one advantage of using plants to produce vaccines? ____________

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29) Why is it hard to develop a vaccine for noroviruses?
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30) Why is this virus as important as ‘flu ? _____________________________
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31) Why don’t you have to worry about virus removal when using plants?
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32) When will clinical trials start? ____________________________________
E) Research another species of medicinal plant
Use a search engine to find information about another example of a medicinal

plant, and answer the questions below:
33) What plant did you pick? ______________________________________
34) What medicinal properties does it have? ___________________________
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35) Where does this plant grow in the wild? _____________________________
36) Summarize the other information you have obtained about this plant:
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Worksheet: Medicinal plants

A) Web site name: Plant conservation alliance

Read “Nature’s healing pharmacy”

2). What did the Cherokee use bloodroot for?

3) What is the market for medicinal herbs in the US worth? ______________

4). Name of plant: _______________________________________

5). Describe it’s appearance: ________________________________________

6). Summarize the information about this plant:

7). Name of plant: _______________________________________

8). Describe it’s appearance: ________________________________________

9). Summarize the information about this plant:

Web site URL: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4538-herbal-medicine-boom-

Read “Herbal medicine boom threatens plants”.

10). How many medicinal plants are in use worldwide? __________________

12). Which two countries supply many of these plants?

13). What is the scientific name of tetu lakha?

14) Why is tetu lakha important?

16) Why is there little incentive to sustainably produce particular species?

Web site URL: http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blaspirin.htm

Read “History of Aspirin”

19) How does aspirin work? ________________________________________

21) When did Buchner isolate salicin? __________________

22) What advance was made by Rafaele Piria? __________________________

23) What is the problem with salicylic acid? ____________________________

25) Which two trademarks once belonged to Bayer?

D) Web site name: Science Daily

Web site URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090818130418.htm

26) What are the symptoms of norovirus infection? ______________________

27) What is unusual about this vaccine? ________________________________

28) What is one advantage of using plants to produce vaccines? ____________

30) Why is this virus as important as ‘flu ? _____________________________

32) When will clinical trials start? ____________________________________

E) Research another species of medicinal plant

Use a search engine to find information about another example of a medicinal

33) What plant did you pick? ______________________________________

34) What medicinal properties does it have? ___________________________

35) Where does this plant grow in the wild? _____________________________

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