Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany is a Science & Technology concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2013, 2015). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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वनस्पतीपासून मिळविलेल्या सजीवांमध्ये सक्रीय असणाऱ्या संयुगाची यादी : (a) निकोटीन - तंबाखू वनस्पतीपासून (b) निबीडाईन - कडू लिंबापासून (c) रोटीनोनी - डेरिस झुलिप्टापासून (d) पायरीथ्रम - क्रायसॅथमम सिनक्रैफोलीअमपासून अदिम लोकांनी वनस्पतीचे सार काढून, सजीवांमध्ये सक्रीय असणारे संयुग मिळविले व त्याचा वापर मासे स्तभीत करण्यासाठी केला? यासाठी वरीलपैकी कोणता पर्याय बरोबर आहे? List of bioactive compounds obtained from plants : (a) Nicotine - from tobacco plant (b) Nibidine - from neem plant (c) Rotenone - from derris elliptica (d) Pyrethrum - from chrysanthemum cincrariefolium The bioactive compound extracted from plant was used by primitive people for paralysing the fish. Which of the above options was resorted to by them?
Rotenone, extracted from the roots of Derris elliptica, is a natural bioactive compound historically used by indigenous peoples as a piscicide to stun or paralyze fish for easy catching.
पुरातनकाळापासून वनस्पती आजार बरे करण्यासाठी व आरोग्य सुदृढीस्तवा वापरली गेली आहेत. आपल्या उपचार पद्धतीतील अर्ध्यापेक्षा अधिक औषधे वनस्पतीजन्य आहेत. भारतीय औषधी वनस्पतींच्या शब्दावलीत 3000 वनस्पती आहेत. वनस्पतींचा कोणता भाग सर्वात अधिक औषधीयुक्त म्हणून वापरला जातो ? Plants have been used as healers and health rejuvenators since times immemorial. More than half the drugs under clinical use owe their origin to plants. The Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants lists 3000 plants. Which part of the plants is used most for medicinal properties ?
Roots of plants are frequently cited in traditional pharmacopeia and botanical studies as containing a high concentration of active medicinal compounds.