Seat No.: Enrolment
GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
B.PHARM SEMESTER EXAMINATION -WINTER 2018
Subject Code: 2280014 Date: 28/11/2018
Subject Name: Commerce of herbs and Phytoconstitutents
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

What are the WHO guidelines for the GMP for the manufacturing of Herbal formulations?
06

What is the contribution of natural drug in modern drug discovery with respect to taxol.
05

Write a note on production, supply and distribution of herbal drugs.
05
Q.2

Write about the industrial importance of artemisinin and Diosgenin.
06

Write a note on ideal requirement for the storage of herbal drug.
05

Write a detail note on staff requirements for the herbal drug industry.
05
Q.3

Write guidelines on good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) for medicinal plants.
06

Discuss in brief about any one industrial important aromatic plant.
05

Write a note on industrial importance of liquorice and Withania.
05
Q.4

Write about the legal requirements for the licenses and registration requirement for herbal drug export and import.
06

Discuss modern quality control system for herbal drugs.
05

Write a note on methods of standardization of herbal drugs.
05
Q.5

Discuss the world wide trade of ginseng and guggulu.
06

Describe methods of patent for herbal drugs.
05

Write a note on international trade.
05
Q. 6

Discuss in details about the industrial importance of Vinca alkaloids.
06

Write a note on wild harvesting of herbal drugs.
05

Write a note on cultivation and collection of medicinal plants.
05
Q.7

Write a note on various methods for IPR protection of traditional medical knowledge.
06

What are the constrain in the development of herbal drug trade.
05

Write a short note on herbal wealth of India.
05