Seat No.: Enrolment No.
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
B.Pharm SEMESTER-VII • EXAMINATION SUMMER-2017
Subject Code: 270005 Date: 08/05/2017
Subject Name: Pharmacognosy VI (Herbal Drug Technology)
Time: 02:30 PM to 05:30 PM Total Marks: 80
Instructions:
1. Attempt any five questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
Q.1

Write a comparative note on guggul and salai guggul.
06

Write a detailed note on natural allergens.
05

Write a note on non-saccharine plant sweetners
05
Q.2

Write in detail about plants used under the name of brahmi.
06

Write a note on plant bitters.
05

Write a comprehensive note on mycotoxins.
05
Q.3

Define chromatography. Give classification and discuss underlying principles.
06

Write in detail about application of high performance thin layer chromatography in plant drug analysis.
05

Write a note on ion exchange and counter current chromatography techniques.
05
Q.4

Write in detail about plants used under the name of rasna.
06

Write a note on important plants used in herbal cosmetics for hair care.
05

Write in detail about photosensitizing agents from plant source.
05
Q.5

Write a detailed note on insecticides, pesticides and herbicides from natural source.
06

Write principle of thin layer chromatography and discuss various methods of development.
05

Enlist AHA (α-hydroxy acids) and give their sources and importance for skin care
05
Q. 6

Write a detailed note on important drugs from marine source.
06

Discuss chemotaxonomic importance of alkaloids.
05

Write in detail about drugs of your syllabus containing flavonoids and tannins.
05
Q.7

Write in detail about plants used under the name of shankhpushpi.
06

Discuss importance of high pressure liquid chromatography in plant drug analysis.
05

Write a note on a fruit drugs of your syllabus.
05