Home
Class 7
CHEMISTRY
A medicine, extracted from the bark of a...

A medicine, extracted from the bark of a plant, is used in the treatment of malaria. Identify the medicine.

A

Quinine

B

Tetracycline

C

Penicillin

D

Sulfadiazine

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
A
Quinine is the medicine extracted from the bark of a plant, cinchona is used in the treatment of disease malaria.
Hence, the correct option is (a).
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • CHEMISTRY IN DAILY LIFE

    PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise ASSESSMENT TEST (TEST 2)|15 Videos

  • ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND TRANSFORMATION OF MATTER

    PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise Assessment Test 2|15 Videos

  • CLASSIFICATION OF MATTER

    PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION|Exercise ASSESSMENT TEST (TEST-2)|9 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The drug Taxol, used in the treatment of cancer is extracted from

Write the uses of medicines.

PEARSON IIT JEE FOUNDATION-CHEMISTRY IN DAILY LIFE-MOCK TEST
  1. Descriptions of some reactions are given below. Arrange them in the or...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Which among the following acids form one normal salt and one acidic sa...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Identify the electronic configuration corresponding to the element whi...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. The process where tin is used to preserve edible food materials is cal...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Nitrogen, oxygen, helium, carbon dioxide and water vapour are the comp...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Passing the hard water sample through a chemical exchanges the ions wi...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. A little amount of sulphuric acid is added in the process of electroly...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. A medicine, extracted from the bark of a plant, is used in the treatme...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. The characteristic uses of the different types of construction materia...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Detergents are superior to soaps because they ------------------.

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Which of the following fertilizers do not replenish deficiency of nitr...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Arrange the following acids in the decreasing order of their basicitie...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Arrange the following indicators in the order of their colours in the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Identify the mixture that can be separated by the diagram shown below

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Arrange the following in the order of homogeneous mixture, compound,...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. Atomicity of ozone is .

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Atomicity of helium is

    Text Solution

    |

  18. In an atom, the mass of total positive charge present is 7348 times to...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in M-shell is...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. In the combustion reaction C(3)H(8)+O(2) to CO(2)+H(2)O, the coefficie...

    Text Solution

    |