Gujarat Technological University 2010 M.Pharm Biotechnology and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants - Question Paper

Q.1 (a) explain extrinsic factors affecting quality of plant drugs. 06
(b) explain intrinsic factors affecting quality of the plant drugs. 05
(c) define safe and economic method for documentation and preservation
of herbs.
05
Q.2 (a) Name common adulterants of the plant drugs. Name various methods of
detection of these adulterants and define any 2 methods in detail.
06
(b) define limits of various microbial contamination in herbal drugs and
method for their detection.
05
(c) define sources of toxic trace metals as well as pesticides and define
methods of their detection.
05
Q.3 (a) define cultivation of Taxus baccata in detail & explain issues to be
faced in its cultivation.
06
(b) define cultivation and collection of Artemisia annua. 05
(c) define transgenic plants and their importance. 05
Q.4 (a) explain importance of monographs of standards of medicinal plants and
their parts.
06
(b) explain salient features of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India and its
importance.
05
(c) explain lacunae of Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India. 05
Q.5 (a) explain in detail why the monographs on standards of medicinal plants
are not widely used in India.
06
(b) Why monographs on medicinal plants in European Pharmacopoeia are
widely used?
05
(c) Write a note on metabolomics. 05
Q. six (a) describe plant tissue culture techniques and name various kinds of these
techniques. explain significance of callus culture.
06
(b) define in detail the methodology for sterilization of the explant,
environment, media, glasswares etc.
05
(c) What is artificial seed? define how artificial seeds can be produced?
What is the importance of artificial seeds?
05
Q.7 (a) define various methods for preparation of immobilized cell cultures.
explain importance of immobilized cell culture.
06
(b) define methodology for protoplast culture and significance of this
culture.
05
(c) Write a short note on phytomics. 05

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