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Plant sources of drugs

Plant sources of drugs is a Science & Technology concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 2 past MPSC questions (2016, 2024). Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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2 · 2016–2024
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What you need to know first

Scientific names of common medicinal plantsBasic BotanyHealth and DiseaseCommon medicinal and narcotic plants

Real questions that test this

इसबगोल जे की पोटाच्या विकारांवर वापरले जाते कोणत्या वनस्पतीपासून प्राप्त केले जाते ? Isabgol that is used in stomach disorders is obtained from

1)प्लँटॅगो ओव्हेटा / Plantago ovata✓ Correct
2)पोंगामिया पिन्नाटा / Pongamia pinnata
3)आउजिनिया ऊजेनेन्सिस / Ougeinia oojeinensis
4)ऑसिमम् संक्टम / Ocimum sanctum

Isabgol, widely used as a dietary fiber supplement and remedy for constipation, is derived from the seeds of the Plantago ovata plant.

'हेरोईन' नावाचे अमली पदार्थ तयार करण्यासाठी कोणत्या वनस्पतीचा अर्क/लेटेक्स वापरला जातो ?

1)खसखसीचे झाड✓ Correct
2)कोकाचे झाड
3)हेमचे झाड
4)बाजरा

Heroin is a semi-synthetic opioid drug synthesized from morphine, which is extracted from the latex of the opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum).

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