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16 Cards in this Set
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Name a medicinal use for each of these salicyates:
Acetylsalicylic acid |
Headache
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Name a medicinal use for each of these salicyates:
Salicylic acid |
Acne
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Name a medicinal use for each of these salicyates:
Methyl salicylate |
Aching Muscles
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What do prostaglandins do in the body?
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Regulate body functions such as hormone levels, body temperature and blood pressure.
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How does aspirin act biochemically to relieve fever, pain, and swelling?
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Aspirin has been found to act, by regulating the biosynthesis of prostaglandins in the body.
It makes sense that a compound which can lower prostaglandin levels would be able to act as an antiinflammatory, as in the case of arthritis or a swollen ankle, and as an antipyretic to reduce fever seeing that all of these conditions are marked by elevated prostaglandin levels. |
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Match the chemical name with the brand name.
Acetylsalicylic acid |
Bayer aspirin
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Match the chemical name with the brand name.
Salicylic acid |
Clearasil
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Match the chemical name with the brand name.
Methyl salicylate |
Bengay (Muscle rub
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Match the chemical name with the brand name.
Acetylsalicylic acid/sodium bicarbonate |
Alka-Seltzer
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Match the chemical name with the brand name.
Ibuprofen |
Advil
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Match the chemical name with the brand name.
Acetaminophen |
Tylenol
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Match the chemical name with the brand name.
Acetaminophen/aspirin/caffeine |
Excedrin
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Explain how destruction of the rain forest can affect the outcome of the search for an effective cancer drug.
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Of the 3,000 plant species known to possess anti-cancer properties, 70% originated in the rain forests. The National Cancer Institute is currently screening large numbers of rain forest plants to test for activity against cancer and AIDS. So far, about 5% of the plant extracts have shown promise as drugs for AIDS treatment.
These forests, according to a 1990-91 report on world resources sponsored by the United Nations, are disappearing at the rate of one and one-half acres per second as they are cleared for agriculture and development. It has been estimated that the current rate of destruction causes 100 species a day to become extinct. |
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Name three drugs that come from natural products from forests.
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Taxol, Cortisone, and Salicylic acid
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Why are scientists concentrating their search for new chemical substances in the rain forest areas?
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The rain forest is the most promising of the earth's habitats as a source of new medicines. Rich in biological diversity, these forests are home to half of all known species. Many pharmaceuticals have their origins in natural materials that may first have been discovered as folk medicines, and scientists believe that the most useful natural products, perhaps the cures for cancer and AIDS, await discovery in the form of natural products like those found in forest plants. Of the 3,000 plant species known to possess anti-cancer properties, 70% originated in the rain forests.
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Name three groups of people who should not take aspirin. Explain why.
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Hemophiliacs (can't clot blood)
Children (Reye's syndrome can occur) People with stomach ulcers (acidic irritation) |
