POINTS TO REMEMBER
PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION OF PLANT DRUGS
ANTIAMOEBIC – Kurchi bark, Ipecac root
ANTIASTHMATIC – Ephedra, Lobelia
ANTICANCER – Podophyllum, Taxus, vinca
ANTIINFLAMMATORY – Colchicum, Turmeric
ANTISPASMODIC – Datura, Hyoscyamus
ANTITUSSIVE – Opium( Noscapine, Codeine)
CARDIAC DEPRESSANT – Veratrum, Cinchona
CNS STIMULANT – Caffeine
HALLUCINOGENIC – Poppy latex, Cannabis
VASOCONSTRICTOR – Ephedra, Ergot
TRANQUILIZER – Rauwolfia Roots
SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT – Curare
POINT TO REMEMBER
SPOILAGE – Impairment of the quality or value of drug by attack of microorganisms
DETERIORATION – Distraction of quality of drug by the removal of constituents by the distillation method or due to moisture, heat, insects and rat
SPURIOUS – If it has been substituted wholly or in part by another drugs or substance
ADULTERATED DRUGS – If it consist in whole or in part, of any filthy, putrid, of decomposed substance
MISBRANDED DRUGS – if it is coloured, coated powdered or polished that damage is concealed or if it is made appear of better or greater therapeutic value than it’s really
SOPHISTICATION – Intentionally or deliberately, addition of inferior material with genuine drug
SUBSTITUTION – Completely different substance is given in place of the original drug
INFERIORITY – Any natural substandard drug containing chemical constituent less than the standard drug value
