Quiz 3

• Scientific name of sugar cane - Saccharum officinarum Linn.
• Scientific name of manna - Fraxinus ornus L.
• Scientific name of triticum - Triticum aestivum
• Family name of sugar cane - Poaceae
• Family name of Manna - Oleaceae
• Family name of Triticum - Poaceae
• Family name of Cassia Fistula - Fabaceae
• Vernacular name of sugar cane - tubo or unas
• Vernacular name of Manna - flowering ash
• Vernacular name of Triticum - wheat
• Vernacular name of Cassie fistula - pudding pipe tree and kanya pistula
• Parts used in sugar cane - stem
• Parts used in Manna - bark
• Parts used in Triticum - grains/seeds
• Parts used in Cassia fistula -fruit
• Constituents of sugar cane - sucrose and cellulose
• Constituents of Manna - mannose-mannitol
• Constituents of Triticum - Starch, Amylose (water soluble), Amylopectin (gelling agent, insoluble in water, Upon hydrolysis = D-glucose
• constituents of Cassia fistula - sucrose
• Uses of sugar cane -

  1.a. Sweetening agent and

  1. b. Preparation of Syrup NF
  2. Chromatography
• Uses of Manna - 1.a. Sweetening agent and

  1.b. Diuretic agent

  1.c. Tonicity agent

  1.d. Excipient for chewable tablets.
• Uses of triticum - 1.a. Excipient

  1.b Antidote for lodine poisoning

  1.c. Dusting powder

  1.d. Indicator for iodimetric analysis
• Uses of cassia fistula - 1.a. Sweetening agent and 1.b. Preparation of Syrup NF
• Scientific name of Tamarind: Tamarindus indicus Linn.
• Scientific name of Apple: Malus domestica
• Family name of tamarind: Fabaceae
• Family name of Apple: Rosaea
• Vernacular name of tamarind: sampalok
• Vernacular name of Apple: Mansanas
• Part used in tamarind: fruit
• Part used in Apple: fruit
• Constituents of tamarind: sucrose, gum, and pectin
• Constituents of Apple: sucrose
• Uses of tamarind: Sweetening agent and Preparation of Syrup NF
• Uses of apple: Sweetening agent and Preparation of Syrup NF
• Scientific name of potato: Solanum tuberosum Linn.
• Scientific name of Corn: Zea mays Linn.
• Scientific name of Palay: Oryza sativa Linn.
• Scientific name of Sweet potato: Ipomoea batatas Linn.
• Scientific name of Wheat: Triticum aestivum