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    This document outlines the questions and topics covered in a B.Pharm degree examination for the third year Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry paper. It includes questions on [1] classifying crude drugs and methods of cultivating medicinal plants, [2] identifying a drug containing anthraquinone glycosides and manipulated opium, [3] writing notes on various plant-derived drugs and processes, and [4] short answers on topics like ginger, cascara bark, margosa oil, clove stalk, shark liver oil, devil's dung, trichomes, aleurone grains, cinnamon species, and resins. The exam tests students' knowledge of plant-based drugs, their

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    THE TAMIL NADU DR. M.G.R.

    MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

    (LN 4261) AUGUST 2018 Sub. Code: 4261

    B.PHARM. DEGREE EXAMINATION


    THIRD YEAR
    PAPER I – PHARMACOGNOSY AND PHYTOCHEMISTRY
    Q.P. Code: 564261
    Time: Three hours Maximum: 100 Marks

    I. Elaborate on: (2 x 20 = 40)

    1. a) How crude drugs are classified? Explain Pharmacological and chemical


    classifications with examples.
    b) Discuss the different methods of cultivation used for propagating medicinal
    plants.

    2. a) Write the source, macroscopic characters, identification tests and clinical uses
    of a drug containing anthraquinone glycosides.
    b) What is manipulated Opium? Describe the collection of opium in India. Write
    its constituents and uses.

    II. Write notes on: (8 x 5 = 40)

    1. Write note on Nuxvomica.


    2. Describe the life cycle of ergot. Give an account of its active constituents and
    therapeutics uses.
    3. How medicinal castor oil is prepared from its source? How will you identify its
    purity?
    4. Explain the: (i) Murexide test (ii) Vitalis test.
    5. Scope of Pharmacognosy.
    6. Difference between Fennel and coriander.
    7. Crude drug from mineral origin.
    8. Fibres used in Pharmacy.

    III. Short answers on: (10 x 2 = 20)

    1. How is the pungency of Ginger destroyed?


    2. Why cascara bark is to be stored for at least one year before use?
    3. Source and uses of Margosa oil.
    4. What is clove stalk?
    5. Why the shark liver oil is not genuine substituent for cod liver oil?
    6. Write the constituents and uses of Devils dung.
    7. Trichomes and its type.
    8. Define Aleurone grains.
    9. Write any two difference between Cinnamomum zeylanicum and Cinnamomum
    cassia.
    10. Give the examples for Resins and its uses.

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