Describe two consequences of being sessile that have made plants useful for the discovery of compounds that can enhance human health. Explain how natural selection has operated to produce plant chemical diversity and what functions these compounds serve in plants in relation to the two consequences you described. For one of these consequences, describe in detail one hypothesis for the evolutionary mechanisms causing chemical diversity to arise in plants, giving one example of a study supporting this hypothesis.
Name two forms of traditional medicine. Describe how traditional medicinal knowledge can be used to facilitate discovery of novel drugs plants. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach as compared to one alternative approach (of your choosing) for drug discovery.
Draw a classification scheme organizing information about six plant-derived medicines . Include in your scheme: (a) class of the compound, (b) its molecular structure, (c) the scientific name and family of the plant from which it is derived, (d) its function in the plant, and (e) its medicinal properties for humans.
In a separate section, for each compound, write a short description of how the compoundâs function in plants causes it to function as a medicine the way it does in humans and of how it was discovered and developed into a drug or supplement.
Describe two consequences of being sessile that have made plants useful for the discovery of compounds that can enhance human health. Explain how natural selection has operated to produce plant chemical diversity and what functions these compounds serve in plants in relation to the two consequences you described. For one of these consequences, describe in detail one hypothesis for the evolutionary mechanisms causing chemical diversity to arise in plants, giving one example of a study supporting this hypothesis.
Name two forms of traditional medicine. Describe how traditional medicinal knowledge can be used to facilitate discovery of novel drugs plants. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this approach as compared to one alternative approach (of your choosing) for drug discovery.
Draw a classification scheme organizing information about six plant-derived medicines . Include in your scheme: (a) class of the compound, (b) its molecular structure, (c) the scientific name and family of the plant from which it is derived, (d) its function in the plant, and (e) its medicinal properties for humans.
In a separate section, for each compound, write a short description of how the compoundâs function in plants causes it to function as a medicine the way it does in humans and of how it was discovered and developed into a drug or supplement.
