PCOG alkaloids pg. 2 & 6

• Other name for areca

  Areca nut or Betel nut
• Botanical source of areca?


  dried ripe seed of Areca catechu
• Is a stimulant masticatory


  Nga-nga
• Anthelmintic in vet practice - taenicide

  Areca
• Constituent in areca as taenicide 


  Arecoline
• Most abundant constituent of areca


  Arecoline
• Tannin content of areca can cause?

  esophageal cancer
• What is the tannin content of areca that causes esophageal cancer?

  Catechutannin
• Major producer of Areca


  India
• Other name of Lobelia

  Indian tobacco
• Botanical source of lobelia?

  Lobelia inflata
• Family of Lobelia?


  Lobeliaceae
• It is a substitute for tobacco

  Lobelia
• Dose of lobelia which is smoking deterrent?

  2.0 mg
• Main constituent of lobelia?


  Lobeline
• Has a similar, but weaker pharamacologic effect to that of nicotine

  Lobeline
• Brand name of Lobeline sulfate

  Bantron
• Other name of tropane alkaloids

  Solanaceous alkaloids
• What are the alkaloids under tropane alkaloids?

  • Hyoscyamus or Henbane
  • Stramonium, Jimson weed or Jamestown weed
  • Pituri or Australian tobacco
  • Mandragora or European mandrake
  • Egyptian hyoscyamus or Egyptian henbane
  • Duboisa
  • Withania
• Botanical source of Hyoscyamus or henbane?

  leaves of Hyoscyamus niger
• How many percentage of alkaloids in thehyoscyamus?

  0.04 %
• Use of hyoscyamus or henbane


  parasympatholytic
• Hot + bean = ?

  toxic to swine
• inhaled for the relief of asthma


  resultant vapor
• prescription drug category by the FDA (1968)?

  Stramonium-containing asthma powders
• Caused poisoning in children when ingested

  Stramonium seed
• Chief toxic of these are atropine-like toxicity

  Stramonium seed
• Atropine-like toxicity:


  dilated pupils, impaired vision, dryness of the skin and secretions, extreme thirst, hallucinations, and loss of consciousness
• Other name of pituri


  Australian tobacco
• Botanical source of pituri

  leaf of Duboisia hopwoodii
• Other name of mandragora


  European mandrake
• Botanical source of mandragora

  root of Mandragora officinarum
• What do mandragora contains?


  hyoscyamine, scopolamine, and mandragorine
• Other name of Egyptian hyoscyamus 


  Egyptian henbane
• Botanical source of Egyptian hyoscyamus

  Hysocyamus muticus
• Percentage of alkaloids present in Hyoscyamus muticus?

  1.5 %
• Botanical source of duboisia

  Duboisia myoporoides
• Chief source of commercial atropine


  Duboisia
• Botanical source of withania

  Withania somnifera
• Property that withania has


  sedative action