3.1 Communicable diseases

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Foxglove plants are a source of a drug used to treat heart conditions.

a.

Name the drug traditionally extracted from foxglove plants.

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Table 1 shows information about the mass of this drug found in a healthy foxglove plant.

Table 1

Part of foxglove plantMass of drug in 100 g of plant tissue (g)
Flowers1.8
Leaves1.5
Roots0.5

A diseased foxglove plant has a condition that limits its drug production. The mass of the drug found in the leaves of this diseased plant is only 40% of the mass shown in Table 1.

Calculate the mass of the drug in 300 g of these diseased leaves. Give your answer in mg.

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