plants and medicine final examn

Question 1

What colors do chlorophyll a and b absorb

Answer 1

absorb all colors but green

Question 2

what colors do carotenoids reflect?

Answer 2

yellow, orange, and red

Question 3

when can you see carotenoids

Answer 3

when chlorophyll dies in the fall

Question 4

meaning of anthocyanins

Answer 4

Anthos: flower
Kyanos: blue

Question 5

is anthocyanins soluble or insoluble

Answer 5

soluble (it has oh groups (polar)) and 3 benzene rings

Question 6

what is light screen hypothesis

Answer 6

anthocyanins shade chlorophyll from excess light

Question 7

what is photoinhibition

Answer 7

decline in photosynthetic capacity of chlorophyll

Question 8

what causes photoinhibition

Answer 8

temp drops

decreased moisture and lack of nutrients

Question 9

where are anthocyanins found?

Answer 9

found in upper epidermis and upper palisade

Question 10

How is anthocyanin production in foliage (plant leaf) caused?

Answer 10

environmental stress
low temp
drought
low nutrients

Question 11

Trees farther up north have more what

Answer 11

anthocyanins

Question 12

Interpret into your own words: progression of leaf senescense (leaf dying) is most commonly monitored as chlorophyll degradation

Answer 12

as leaf dies, chlorophyll also starts to die

Question 13

what does the word irradiance mean

Answer 13

sun

Question 14

scientific name for eastern white pine

Answer 14

pinus strobus (NEEDLES IN A CLUSTER)

Question 15

how many needles does eastern white pine have

Answer 15

5

Question 16

scientific name for short leaf pine

Answer 16

Pinus echinata: 
two needles (fasicicle) needles are longer than 2 and a half inches (CLUSTERS)

Question 17

scientific name for picea abies

Answer 17

norway spruce

Square, short, sharp needles on a peg

Question 18

scientific name for eastern hemlock

Answer 18

tsuga canadensis

FLAT LEAVES, attachment on cushion (0.3-0.7 inches long)

Question 19

scientific name for yew tree

Answer 19

taxus species
not a fir
FLAT leaves
aril

Question 20

scientific name for bald cyprus

Answer 20

taxodium species (deciduous leaves) flat LEAVES

Question 21

scientific name for eastern red cedar

Answer 21

juniperus virginiana

dioecious, and has ovulate cones

Question 22

for juniperus virginina, there are two types of leaves

immature and mature… how do you tell them apart?

Answer 22

immature is way more spiker than mature

Question 23

what does gymnosperm mean

Answer 23

cone bearing, evergreen, with needles

Question 24

what is a monoecious plants

Answer 24

plants have both female and male parts

Question 25

what is a dioecious plants

Answer 25

plant is either male or female

Question 26

what is the common name of serona repens

Answer 26

palmetto or american dwarf palm

Question 27

serona repens is native to what country?

Answer 27

america

Question 28

what part of the serona repens is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia

Answer 28

The Serona Repens extract from the berries are used

Question 29

Name the condition in men for which Serona repens is used and define benign prostatic hyperplasia

Answer 29

benign prostatic hyperplasia and it is a swelling of the prostate which narrows the urethra

Question 30

is benign prostatic hyperplasia cancer?

Answer 30

no, it is benign

Question 31

what is the mechanism of action of Serona Repens

Answer 31

inhibits the production of dihydrotestosterone from testosterone by inhibiting the enzyme

Question 32

What is the enzyme that prevents the mechanism of action

Answer 32

5 alpha reductase

Question 33

what compound is the precursor of DHT?

Answer 33

Testosterone

Question 34

what is the main active ingredient of Serona repens is what componenet

Answer 34

free fatty acids

Question 35

Which brand of Serona repens had the highest percentage of free fatty acid

Answer 35

permixon

Question 36

did you have any bias when reading the article

Answer 36

title: says "not created equal" | also it is biased because it is sponsored by unlimited education grant by pierre fabe medicament.

Question 37

What is the only confier that is deciduous

Answer 37

bald cyprus

Question 38

Scientific name for Virginia pine

Answer 38

Pinus virginiana - two needles per fascicle, needles are less than 2 and a half inches and it is twisted. cone with dark (purple band) under distal end of scale

Question 39

3 different parts of pericarp

Answer 39

exocarp - the skin mesocarp - fleshy portion endocarp - endocarp (paper like part in apples)

Question 40

Meaning of hesperidium

Answer 40

outer leathery rind | outer leathery peel on citrus

Question 41

meaning of pepo

Answer 41

outer hard rind (thick peel) think of squash

Question 42

What is aggregate fruit

Answer 42

same flower, several ovaries (strawberries)

Question 43

what is multiple fruit

Answer 43

several flowers (pineapple)

Question 44

what is syconium

Answer 44

receptacle has many small flowers inside (fig) think of the wasp

Question 45

what is the difference between indehiscent and dehiscent fruits

Answer 45

dehiscent fruit means split

Question 46

what fruit has one seam

Answer 46

milk weed (follicle)

Question 47

what fruit has two seams

Answer 47

beans and peas (legume)

Question 48

which one has several united carpels

Answer 48

capsule fruits (rhododendron)

Question 49

what is schizocarp

Answer 49

split carpel (with more than one seed) example is a maple