Description : Identify the drug which is NOT used in the treatment of malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum : (A.) Artemisinin (B) Primaquine (C) Quinine (D) Mefloquine
Last Answer : (B) Primaquine
Description : Use of artemisinin derivatives is restricted to treatment of multidrug resistant falciparum malaria because: A. Wide spread use for all cases of malaria may foster development of resistant strains B. They are not ... P.vivax C. They are more toxic than quinine D. All of the above are correct
Last Answer : A. Wide spread use for all cases of malaria may foster development of resistant strain
Description : Which of the following drugs is suitable for treatment of malaria during pregnancy: A. Quinine B. Chloroquine C. Pyrimethamine D. Primaquine
Last Answer : B. Chloroquine
Description : The regimens recommended for treatment of chloroquine resistant P.falciparum malaria in an adult include the following except: A. Quinine 10 mg/kg/8 hourly+ doxycycline 100 mg/day for 7 days B. Quinine 10 mg/kg ... 7 days D. Artemether 80 mg i.m./twice on first day followed by once daily for 4 days
Last Answer : C. Mefloquine 0.5 g daily for 7 days
Description : From the bark of which plant is quinine extracted? (1) Eucalyptus (2) Cinchona (3) Neem (4) Cedar
Last Answer : (2) Cinchona Explanation: Quinine, as a component of the bark of the cinchona tree, was used to treat malaria from as early as the 1600s. The bark of trees in this genus is the source of a variety of alkaloids, the most familiar of which is quinine, an antipyretic (anti-fever) agent.
Description : From which one of the following is quinine extracted? (1) Sarpagandha (2) Opium (3) Cinchona (4) Datum
Last Answer : (3) Cinchona Explanation: Quinine, as a component of the bark of the cinchona tree, was used to treat malaria from as early as the 1600s. The bark of trees in this genus is the source of a variety of alkaloids, the most familiar of which is quinine, an antipyretic (anti-fever) agent.
Description : From the bark of which plant is Quinine extracted?
Last Answer : Cinchona
Description : From which one of the following is quinine extracted ? (1) Sarpagandha (3) Opium (3) Cinchona (4) Datura
Description : From the bark of which plant is quinine extracted ? (1) Eucalyptus (2) Cinchona (3) Neem (4) Cedar
Description : Quinine, the commonly used drug to treat malaria, is obtained from a plant. What part of the plant yields the drug? (1) Leaves (2) Fruits (3) Root (4) Stem bark
Last Answer : (4) Stem bark
Description : . All of the following antiprotozoal drugs have been used to treat malaria except: a. Melarsoprol. b. Quinine. c. Mefloquine. d. Chloroquine.
Last Answer : a. Melarsoprol.
Description : Recrudescences attending 3 day artesunate therapy of chloroquine resistant falciparum malaria can be prevented by combining it with a single dose of: A. Quinine B. Primaquine C. Tetracycline D. Mefloquine
Last Answer : D. Mefloquine
Description : The following is true of quinine: A. It has a longer elimination half-life than chloroquine B. It is not to be used for prophylaxis of malaria C. It is not active against P. vivax D. It should not be used along with sulfa-pyrimethamine
Last Answer : B. It is not to be used for prophylaxis of malaria
Description : Clinical applications of quinine include the following except: A. Uncomplicated chloroquine resistant malaria B. Cerebral malaria C. To induce abortion D. Nocturnal leg cramps
Last Answer : C. To induce abortion
Description : The drug of choice for cerebral malaria due to P. falciparum is: A. Quinine B. Mefloquine C. Chloroquine D. Pyrimethamine + Sulfadoxine
Last Answer : A. Quinine
Description : Choose the drug whose single oral dose affords clinical cure of uncomplicated malaria caused by chloroquine sensitive/resistant P.falciparum as well as P. vivax: A. Quinine B. Mefloquine C. Artesunate D. Proguanil
Last Answer : B. Mefloquine
Description : The following drug is a radical curative in vivax malaria: A. Quinine B. Primaquine C. Mefloquine D. Chloroquine
Last Answer : B. Primaquine
Description : Chloroquine resistant P. falciparum malaria can be cured by the following drugs except: A. Quinine B. Pyrimethamine + sulfadoxine C. Primaquine D. Artesunate
Last Answer : C. Primaquine
Description : An adult male living in nonmalarious area has to visit an area where chloroquine resistant P. falciparum is prevalent. He is intolerant to mefloquine and his G6PD status is unknown. Select the ... you will prescribe for prophylaxis of malaria: A. Primaquine B. Doxycycline C. Amodiaquine D. Quinine
Last Answer : B. Doxycycline
Description : The following drug is a causal prophylactic for falciparum malaria and suppressive prophylactic for vivax malaria: A. Chloroquine B. Mepacrine C. Quinine D. Proguanil
Last Answer : D. Proguanil
Description : Quinine, the commonly used drug to treat malaria, is obtained from a plant. What part of the plant yields the drug ? (1) Leaves (2) Fruits (3) Root (4) Stem bark
Last Answer : Stem bark
Description : Malaria can be cured with a drug extracted from (1) Belladonna tree (2) Cinchona tree (3) Oak tree (4) Neem tree
Last Answer : (2) Cinchona tree Explanation: Quinine, as a component of the bark of the cinchona tree, was used to treat malaria from as early as the 1600s. The bark of trees in this genus is the source of a variety of alkaloids, the most familiar of which is quinine, an antipyretic (anti-fever) agent.
Last Answer : Cinchona tree
Description : Medicine of Quinine is provided by – (1) Cinchona plant (2) Money plant (3) Eucalyptus plants (4) Aconite plants
Last Answer : (1) Cinchona plant Explanation: Quinine occurs naturally in the bark of the cinchona tree. It is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic (feverreducing), antimalarial, an-algesic (painkilling), and anti-inflammatory proper-ties.
Description : Medicine of Quinine is provided by (1) Cinchona plant (2) Money plant (3) Eucalyptus plants (4) Aconite plants
Last Answer : Cinchona plant
Description : Would natural asthma treatment be more effective than medicine?
Last Answer : Regular and moderate exercise strengthens the lungs and prevents Asthma symptoms. Although exercise can be a trigger for asthma in some people, with appropriate asthma treatment and monitoring of the ... your doctor before starting an exercise program, and carry an asthma inhaler at all times
Description : Is holistic medicine an effective treatment?
Last Answer : It can definetly be very helpful for certain things. There have been cases where people have tried everything with modern medicine and it didn't work and when the tried holistic they got better.
Description : Radical cure of vivax malaria should be attempted in: A. Areas where only sporadic cases occur B. Endemic areas with effective vector control measures C. Endemic areas not covered by vector control D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are correc
Last Answer : D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’ are correc
Description : Do you know, who has discovered Malaria parasite and its treatment?
Last Answer : Malaria is caused by a parasite named plasmodium vivax. Plasmodium vivax was first discovered in 1890 by Grassi and Faletty. This parasite is carried by female mosquitoes only as it needs more proteins for the eggs development.
Description : Which part of cinchona plant yields quinine? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'Bark'
Description : The anti-malarial drug Quinine is made from a plant. Which is that plant? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Who Discovered Quinine ?
Last Answer : Quinine discovered ravi.
Description : From which tree is quinine found ?
Last Answer : Quinine is obtained from the cinchona tree.
Description : The poisonous alkaloid present in the oil of hemlock is (A) Cocaine (B) Nicotine (C) Quinine (D) Morphine
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : First bionisecticide developed on commercial scale was: (a) Quinine (b) DDT (c) Organophosphates (d) Sporeine
Last Answer : Ans. ((d))
Description : Substances containing all the four elements: carbon, hydrogen nitrogen and oxygen are 1. Morphine 2. Nucleic acids 3. Starch 4. Quinine Select the correct answer by using the code below, (a) 2, 3 and 4 only (b) 1, 2 and 4 only (c) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2 and 3 only
Last Answer : Ans:(b)
Description : Quinine is obtained from which of the following Plant? (1) Cinchona (2) Cocoa (3) Mulberry (4) Eucalyptus
Last Answer : (1) Cinchona Explanation: Quinine is a medication used to treat malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum. Chinchona bark is best known as the source of the anti-malarial drug quinine. Cinchona is the national tree of both Peru and Ecuador.
Description : Which of these is produced by a mould? (1) Chloroform (2) Glycerine (3) Penicillin (4) Quinine
Last Answer : (3) Penicillin Explanation: Penicillin is one of the first and still one of the most widely used antibiotic agents - derived from the Penicillium mold. Penicillin kills bacteria by interfering with the ability to synthesize cell wall.
Description : The anti-malarial drug quinine is made from a plant. The plant is (1) Neem (2) Eucalyptus (3) Cinnamon (4) Cinchona
Last Answer : (4) Cinchona Explanation: Quinine is an alkaloid, a naturally occurring chemical compound. How it works as a medicine is not entirely clear. Quinine was first isolated in 1820 from the bark of a cinchona tree.
Description : Which part of cinchona plant yields quinine?
Last Answer : Bark
Description : Name the sources of any five of the following biological products. a) Musk b) Codeine c) Cocaine d) Quinine e) Colchicines f) Digilain
Last Answer : Answer: a) Abdominal gland of male musk deer b) From opium c) Cocaine d) Bark of cinchona e) From colchicum f) Leaves from the purple foxglove; a plant
Description : Which one of the following is now being commercially produced by biotechnological procedures? (a) Nicotine (b) Morphine (c) Quinine (d) Insulin
Last Answer : (d) Insulin
Description : First bioinsecticide developed commercial scale was (a) quinine (b) DDT (c) organophosphate (d) sporeine
Last Answer : (d) sporeine
Description : Which of the following is not an antibiotic? (A) Penicillin (B) Streptomycin (C) Tetracycline (D) Quinine
Last Answer : (D) Quinine
Description : The anti-malarial drug Quinine is made from a plant. Which is that plant?
Description : Choose the right combination: (A) Quinine', antimalarial, isoquinoline alkaloid (B) Reserpine, -antihypertensive, indole alkaloid (C) Quantitative microscopy, stomatal number, myrrh (D) Palmitic acid, salicylic acid , fatty acids
Last Answer : (B) Reserpine, -antihypertensive, indole alkaloid
Description : elect the drug/combination that you will prescribe as a prophylactic to a resident of non-endemic area who got posted for 6 months to an endemic area with low degree chloroquine resistance among P. falciparum: A. Quinine B. Proguanil + Chloroquine C. Pyrimethamine + Sulfadoxine D. Artemisinin
Last Answer : B. Proguanil + Chloroquine
Description : Intravenous injection of quinine produces: A. Rise in blood pressure B. Neuromuscular block C. Hyperglycaemia D. Hypoglycaemia
Last Answer : D. Hypoglycaemia