Medicinal Plants Lecture 6: Plant Secondary Metabolites Glycosides

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What are glycosides composed of?

  • Glycogen and nucleotide
  • Carbohydrate part only
  • Protein and lipid
  • Sugar part and a non-sugar part (correct)

How can glycosides be hydrolyzed?

  • By bases only
  • By heat and pressure
  • By oxidation only
  • By acids or by enzymes (correct)

What color does phenolic glycosides give when tested with ferric chloride solution?

  • Blue color (correct)
  • Green color
  • Yellow color
  • Red color

Which type of glycosides have a flavone skeleton as the aglycone?

<p>Flavonoid Glycosides (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to most flavonoids when dissolved in alkalis?

<p>They give yellow solutions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which glycoside reduces capillary fragility and hence decreases bleeding?

<p>Hesperidine of the citrus fruits (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which pigments give colored petals of flowers their characteristic colors?

<p>Anthocyanins (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which glycosides are often orange-red compounds, soluble in hot water or dilute alcohol?

<p>Anthraquinones (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which group of glycosides are characterized by the property of producing a permanent froth in aqueous solutions?

<p>Saponin Glycosides (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which glycosides are present in several seeds of the family Cruciferae and yield allyllisothiocyanate as one of the hydrolytic products?

<p>Thioglycosides (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which glycosides yield HCN as one of the products of hydrolysis and are commonly found in plants of the family Rosaceae?

<p>Cyanogenetic Glycosides (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which compounds are produced by certain moulds and fungi and possess a bacteriostatic or a bactericidal action?

<p>Antibiotics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mycotoxins are produced by some moulds and are developed mostly on mouldy grains?

<p>Aflatoxins (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which natural compounds are necessary for the normal growth of animals and valuable therapeutic agents for the prophylaxis as well as treatment?

<p><em>Vitamins</em> (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of glycosides are used as heart tonics?

<p>Cardiac Glycosides (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which glycoside group contains aglycones that may be either steroid or triterpenoidal in structure?

<p>Saponin Glycosides (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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