PHARMACOGNOSY MIDTERMS 3

• auxins


  promotes cell elongation
• gibberellins


  promotes elongation of stem and induces development of parthenocarpic fruit
• cytokines

  stimulates cell division
• ethylene


  promotes ripening of fruits
• abscisic acid


  stress hormone and growth inhibitor
• indole compounds


  derivatives of auxins
• terpenes


  derivatives of gibberellins
• adenine derivatives


  derivatives of cytokines
• gases


  derivatives of ethylene
• carotenoids


  derivatives of abscisic acid
• Auxins


  a growth hormone synthesized in shoot tips, root tips, young leaf and primordial
• Gibberellins


  a growth hormone synthesized in apical bud, growing root, tips and young leaves
• Cytokines


  a growth hormone synthesized in root tips, seeds, fruits and leaves
• Ethylene


  a growth hormone synthesized in shoot apex of seeding, ripening fruit
• abscisic acid


  a growth hormone synthesized in mature leaves, flowers and fruits
• CnH2nOn


  general formula for carbohydrates
• carbohydrates


  most abundant group of organic molecule in nature and the 1st product formed during photosynthesis
• Glucose (C6H12O6)


  carbohydrate's first product of synthesis is __________.
• Carbohydrates


  source of ATP (biochemical energy to mechanical energy)
• carbohydrates


  storage of energy (formation of fats/lipids)
• Carbohydrates


  source of phytochemical constituents in plants (metabolites)
• Carbohydrates


  primary biomolecule responsible for different homeostatic metabolic pathways of the human body and of different conditions and diseases
• molisch's reagent


  test for general for carbohydrates
• Fehling's

  Benedict's

  Picric Acid

  Nylander's

  test for reducing sugars
• Barfoed's

  test for reducing sugar (monosaccharide)
• tollen's

  test for reducing sugar aldehydes
• Moore's

  test for reducing sugar glucose
• Osazone/Kowarsky


  test for mannose
• Seliwanoff's


  test for ketohexose (fructose)
• Keller-Killiani Test

  test for deoxysugars (cardiac glycosides)
• Mucic acid test


  test for galactose
• Bial's


  test for pentoses
• purple, red


  positive result for molisch's test
• brick red ppt

  positive result for fehling's and benedict's test
• mahogany red


  positive result for picric acid
• brown (black)

  positive result for nylander's
• silver mirror


  positive result for tollen's
• caramel


  positive result for moore's
• yellow ppt (ozone)


  positive result for osazone/kowarsky
• red


  positive result for seliwanoff's