Robbie and Saurab are pre-med and pre-pharmacy students, respectively. They comp
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Robbie and Saurab are pre-med and pre-pharmacy students, respectively. They complain to their biology professor that they should not have to study plants because plants have little relevance to their chosen professions. Which adaptations of land plants are likely to cause human health problems and provide Robbie with future patients? What do physicians and pharmacists need to know about plants? Provide specific examples. Robbie and Saurab are pre-med and pre-pharmacy students, respectively. They complain to their biology professor that they should not have to study plants because plants have little relevance to their chosen professions. Which adaptations of land plants are likely to cause human health problems and provide Robbie with future patients? What do physicians and pharmacists need to know about plants? Provide specific examples.Explanation / Answer
The adaptations are: defenses against herbivory, adaptations related to wind dispersal of pollen.
Pharmacists are the ones physicians run for advices which medications should they give to certain patients. Physicians need to heed advice from pharmacists because Pharmacists are the so-called "Drug Information Expert". They both need to know the plant biochemistry and the ingredients for the certain drugs derived from plants. They have to know thoroughly about the medicinal plants, and the chemical substances of medicinal plants.
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