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3 Xanthine Alkaloids |
Caffine, Theobromine, Theophyline |
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6 Things Xanthine Alkaloids do |
Stimulate central nervous system Increases heart rate Increases blood pressure Increases urine production Dialates bronchioles in lungs Promotes alertness/endurance |
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How much caffine is safe? |
200-300mg per day |
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Caffine is possibly good for you. It reduces risk of what 3 diseases? |
Parinsons, dementia, type II diabites |
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Coffee's native region |
Ethiopia |
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Part of coffee plant used? |
Seeds |
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7 places coffee is grown today |
Brazil, Colombia, mexico, Ethiopia, Vietnam, indonesia, india |
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Coffee Arabica is what % of worlds coffee |
70 |
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Coffee arabica is grown where? |
On mountains, 1000-2000 mi up |
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Coffee Canephora, or robusta has a _______ caffine content |
Higher |
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Cofee Canephora is grown where? |
lower elevation, 0-700 M |
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Europe coffee houses sprang up in paris in what year? |
1645 |
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London coffee houses sprang up when? |
1650-1675 |
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From tree to store (Coffee process) |
1.Berries picked and seeds removed 2. Seeds fermented 3. Dried and shipped 4.Roasted @ 450 degrees F 5. Ground |
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What is the most expensive coffee? |
Civet Coffee |
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In decaf coffee how much of the caffeine is removed? |
97% |
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What is the caffeine taken out of decaf coffee used for? |
Soft drinks |
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Instant coffee was invented when and by who? |
1901, Japanese Americans |
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in 1907 instant coffee reached its peak at ______ of us consumption |
1/3 |
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Cacao (Theobroma Cacao) part of plant used |
Seeds |
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Native region of Cacao |
Centeral america and northern south america |
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#1 producer of cacao today? |
West Africa, more specifically Ivory Coast. |
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From tree to store Cacao |
1. Pods split open and seeds removed 2.Seeds "fermented" 3.Dried and shipped 4.Roasted at 256 degrees F 5. Cotyledons ground into oily paste 6. processed into bitter chocolate, caco butter, powdered Cocoa |
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Native region of Tea |
China, India, myanmar |
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Where is tea grown today? |
India, china, srilanka, indonesia |
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Oolong Tea is popular in |
Southern China and Tiwan |
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Oolong tea has a ______ fermentation process |
short |
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Type of caffeinated tea |
Mate- from south american Holly |
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2 types of caffeine free tea |
Red Tea- from south african legume Herbal Tea- from variaty of plants |
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What % of cacao found in early 2000's was linked to plantations using child labor?
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40% |
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Alcohol is formed by |
the action of fungi on sugars from a variety of plants |
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What sugar is used commercially to form Alcohol? |
Yeast genus Saccharomyces (sugar fungus) |
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Wine is produced from the fermentation of |
fruit juice |
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Beer is produced from the fermentation of |
grains/ starchy staples |
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Spirits are produced by the distillation of |
wine or beer |
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Wine grape is native to |
Eurasia |
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Wines are generally what % alcohol? |
9-14% |
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What kills alcohol levels above 15% in wine? |
Yeast |
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Fortified wines have a ______ alcohol content at _____% |
Higher, 15-21% |
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Beer process |
1.Starch is converted to sugar 2. Malting of grain creates enzymes that break starch into maltose |
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Typical grain used in brewing |
Barley |
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Beer is flavored with |
hops, female inflorecence of hop vines |
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Beer is averaged at _____% alcohol |
5 |
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Spirits are made by |
distilling fermented product to increase alcohol content (40-50%) |
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Distilation is based on |
lower boiling point of ethanol compared to water |
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Proof= |
2x alcohol percent 80 proof= 40% |
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Brandy is |
distilled wines aged in oak barrels after distilation |
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Whiskey is |
distilled grain beers that are aged in chared oak barrels |
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Gin and vodka are |
disstilled at @ high alcohol concentrations so nearly tasteless until flavored ` |
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tequilla is from |
juice of blue agave |
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what percent of all prescribed medicines in the U.S have active compounds from plants?
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25% |
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Major Drug classes (3) |
Alkaloids, steroids, glycosides |
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Nightshade famiy |
mandrake, belladonna |
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Tropane alkaloid |
depress the parasympathetic nervous system by competing with acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter) |
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pupil dialation |
Atropine used to therapeutically dilate eyes |
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Solanaceae drugs |
nicotine, capsaicin from red pepers |
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Foxglove |
Treatment for congestive heart failure can cure dropsy digoxin and digitoxin from leaves |
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Salicin |
glycoside from willow bark that reduces pain and fever |
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who developed asprin in 1899? |
Bayer |
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Quinine |
alkaloid from bark of cinchona that is a treatment for malaria (kills parasite and prevents initial infection) |
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Quinine history |
started in south america, countess of spain got malaria, gave her the bark, claimed control of it. |
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Reserpine |
alkaloid extracted from root of indian snakroot |
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What was used in mid 20th century to calm schizophrenics? |
Reserpine |
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Ephedrine |
alkaloid extracted from stems of ephedra |
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what is ephedrine popular for |
energy booster and fat burner |
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Vinca Alkaloids extracted from |
leaves of madagascar periwinkle
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vinblastine and vincristine proved useful in treading what two diseases? |
Hodgkins lymphoma and childhood lukemia |
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Pacific yew was originally extracted from |
taxol in bark |
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Pacific Yew is used to treat |
breast, ovarian, lung and other cancers |
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Synthetic taxol now comes from |
needles of pacific yew |
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Ginkgo improves what? |
circulation to brain, concentraition and memory |
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St. Johns wort treats |
mild to moderate depression |
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Ginsing increases |
energy and stimulates immune system |
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Echinacea |
Stimulates immune system and is used as cold and flu preventative |
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Valerian comes from |
roots of valerian |
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Valerian promotes |
relaxation and sleep |
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Depressans |
dull mental awarness, reduce physical performance, induce sleep |
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Stimulants |
excite and enhance mental alertness and physical activity |
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Hallucinogins |
produce changes in perception |
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Marijuana is a |
mild hallucinogin |
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Marijuana is native to |
central asia |
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Marijuana is extracted from |
leaves and female flowers |
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Opium poppy alkaloids (3) |
codine, morphine, heroin |
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Opium Poppy is native to |
southern europe and western asia |
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Opium Poppy is extracted from |
latex in developing fruits |
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Morphine reduces |
pain |
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Codeine is ______ as strong as morphine |
1/5th |
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Codeine is commonly combined with |
acetaminophen or asprin for moderate pain relief |
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Codeine is a potent |
cough suppresent thats midly euphoric and can be addictive |
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Heroin is a semi synthetic derivitive of |
morphine |
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In the late 1800's herion was sold |
over the counter |
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Coca is an alkaloid of |
cocaine |
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coca is natvie to |
andes of south america |
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coca is extracted from |
leaves |
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Most illegal poppies are grown in |
afghanistan, pakistan, iran, loas colombia |
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Which drug is linked to swiss lake dwellers? |
opium poppies |
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Tobacco is native to |
central america |
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Peyote is an alkaloid of |
mescaline |
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peyote is native to |
chihuahuan desert of texas and mexico |
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what part of the peyote is eaten? |
stem |
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kava is native to |
islands of south pacific |
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kava is a |
ceremonia and social drink of pacific islanders |
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kava was popular in the us and europe in the 1990s as |
relaxation and to treat anziety |
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Morning Glory alkaloids |
lysergic acid derivatives |
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Poison Hemlock (what is it, alkaloid, use) |
Herbaceous weed alkaloid- coniine used to make tea that killed socrates |
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Poison Hemlock native region |
Eurasia but now found in US |
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Wild parsnip (What is it, what does it do) |
Herbaceous weed, photosensitizes skin so when you come in contact with it and then with the sun it causes burns/blisters |
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Castor bean is a __________ native to _____ long cultivated for its _______ |
Large herb, africa, oil |
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The protien ricin is extracted from the ________ of castor bean |
seeds |
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Lethal dose of Castor bean |
less than 1mg |
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Milkweed is a |
herbaceous weed with milky sap |
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milkweed is fed on |
by larva of monarch butterfly |
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Apricot and apple seeds release |
cyanide in cells which inhibits resperation |
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Dumbcane is a |
house plant |
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dumbcane contains |
calcium oxalate crystals |
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Crystals of dumbcane do what? |
get stuck in throat and mouth causing burning/swelling |
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Wood nettle is a native herb of |
moist shady woods |
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Stinging hairs on woodnettle stem and leavesiject |
histamine like irritant |
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Wood nettle causes |
burning stinging sensation that lasts for about 20 minutes followed by itching |
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spring allergies come from |
trees |
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summer allergies come from |
gasses |
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fall allergies come from |
ragweed |
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Plant poisons used as insecatcides 1.pyrethrin 2. rotenone 3. nicotine Come from |
1. chrysanthemum
2.tropical legume 3.tobacco |