N A L A N D A O P E N U N I V E R S I T Y
M.Sc. Botany, Part-II
PAPER-XIV
(Ethno botany)
Annual Examination, 2016
Time: 3 Hours. Full Marks: 80
Answer any Five Questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss, giving suitable examples of plants, how ethnomedicine has helped in the development
of modern medicines.
2. Write methods and approach of germplasm conservation.
3. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Pharmacology NMRI
Beneficial effects of Betel Nuts seed Banks
4. What do you mean by aromatic plants? Write names (Botanical name and family) of five
aromatic plants.
5. Explain ethnobotany as a discipline of Botany. Describe importance of studying this.
6. Write short notes on:
Source of edible oil Medicinal property of Ashwagandha.
7. Give a brief account of any Four of the drug yielding plants. Also mention their uses in
pharmaceutical industry.
8. What are minerals? What are their types and functional units of biological significance? Name
four of them.
9. Write short notes on any two of the following:
Drug therapy
Interaction of drug with body
Characteristics of vitamins
Drug formulation
10. Write short notes on:
Storing of herbal drugs
Ethno botanical Centres