L1 Flashcards
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Pharmacognosy?
❑ Medicinal plants involve a numbe of disciplines including
commerce, botany, chemistry, enzymology, genetics, quality control and pharmacology.
Pharmakon
drug, or medicine.
gignosco
acquire knowledge of
Botany
study of plant’s
Botany
Morphology. •Anatomy. •Taxonomy.
This deals with the external features of plants (Macroscopical
Characters). N.B. Microscopical characters (Examine the organ
under microscope).
Plant Morphology
are developed from seeds, under favorable
condition of temperature and moisture.
Flowering plants
Active constituents are synthesized in the plant organs so called
organized drugs.
Or can not be examine under microscope so called
unorganized drugs.
crude drugs which are devoid of cellular structures.
Unorganized
They are derived from parts of plant or animal by some process
of extraction, incision or expression.
Unorganized
Different kinds of leaves:
Foliage leaves, e.g. Senna.
Scale leaves. e.g. Squill, onion.
Foliage leaves examples
Senna
Scale leaves examples
Squill, onion.
Function of leaves: essay
1.Undergo photosynthesis, due to the presence of chlorophyll.
2. Exchange gases between the atmosphere and
plant tissue.
3. Protect floral, lateral and terminal buds from cold and dryness.
Leaf components
- Blade or lamina
. 2. Leaf base. - Stalk or petiole.
green flattened part of the leaf
Leaf lamina
Leaf with single blade per petiole, not divided into
leaflets.
Simple
Leaf with more than blade per petiole and is
divided into independent leaflets.
Compound مثل النخل
leaf with more than three leaflets arranged in two rows along a common axis (rachis).
Compound pinnate :
Are the organs of sexual reproduction of higher plants and also generally offer the most exact means of identification.
Flowers
typical Flower is composed of the following floral parts :
Calyx (K)———-< green sepals(s) free or united
Corolla C——->colored petals free or united
Androecium A الذكري ——— stamens free or united with petals epipetalous
Gynoecium G الانثوي ______ carpels each is made of an ovary style sigma