Bio Exam 3

Name examples of the plants that are included in the bitters category of medicinal plants?

Wormwood and Hops

Which of these stimulating compounds is a mild diuretic and central nervous system stimulant that mimics the hormone adrenaline

Caffeine

Which of these stimulating compounds does cocoa have?

Polyphenols and theobromine

During the process of fermentation what two sugars are mostly commonly used in the process for making ethyl alcohol ?

Sucrose and glucose

Coca alkaloids are used in treating which of the following

All the above

Which of these is a cardiac glycoside ?

Digitoxin

Which of these plants has alkaloids that are used for chemotherapy

Catharanthus Roseus

Documented beer manufacturing dates to

6000 years

Which two species of fungus are used in sake manufacturing?

Aspergillus and S. Cerevisiae

Which of these forms of cocaine is formed by taking a hydrochloride and mixing boiling water and baking soda?

Crack

Tabacco originally is native to which region of the world?

North and Central America

Which of these plants was mixed with oils or fats and provided a sensation of dying to the user?

Belladonna

What is the botanical name for kava?

Piper Methysticum

Which of these plants produce compounds that can be used as a natural form of insecticide?

Chrysanthemum

Mescal is a member of which plant family?

Apiaceae

What is the caffeine content of regular tea?

2.5-4.5

The process that takes cocoa powder and mixes in alkali making the cocoa darker and milder is known as?

Dutching

Kola is a plant whose seeds were used in the original recipe of Coca Cola and was originally native to which region ?

West Africa

Mate Is a stimulating beverage that is made from which plant?

Llex Paraguariensis

Only those sparkling wines produced in the region of La champagne in France can be legally called champagne?

True

Chicha is a beer made from corn as the malted grain

True

The process of malting included steeping water for 8-10hrs then the barley is planed in still water for 40hrs

True

Kat leaves are chewed with lime and a stimulant to amphetamines is released

True

Lophophora willamsii is in the cactus family and the stems are consumed fresh or dried this induces nausea then visual or tactile hallucinations.

True

Datura alkaloids have been extracted and in small doses these can be used to treat arrhythmia.

True

Several beverages including a coca wine and coca colas original recipe included cocaine extracts and were used as tonic and headache remedies.

True

Coffee Arabica is the most grown variety with approximately 90% of the coffee grown of this variety thru variety is self fertile.

True

The Latin genus theobroma is translated as food of the gods

True

The original chocolate beverage used by the Aztecs and Mayans was a mixture of cacao anchiote bixia Aren’s chili pepper and vanilla mixed with hot water

True

Bitters plants have compounds that are rather bitter in taste these compounds can often stimulate salivary glands and digestive organs

True

To make beverages from the kola seed the seeds are allowed for ferment once removed from the fruit

True

Mead is a solution of table sugar and water that is fermented

False

Civet coffee is coffee seeds that pass through the gut if a distant cat relative and this process produces a milder and bitter flavored coffee

True

The flowers and seeds from the ilex paraguariensis are used to make mate tea from the plant

False

Name 3 opiates or opioids that we discussed

Morphine

Codeine

Heroin

Name 3 fortified wines that include

Sherry , port and Madeira