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Plant-Derived Drugs in Pharmacology by Hugo Santos is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document reviews the importance of plants as a source of drugs. It discusses how around 25% of prescribed drugs worldwide come from plants, with examples like digoxin, quinine, and morphine. It also describes the fields of knowledge involved in obtaining drugs from natural sources, like botany, chemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology. The challenges are that obtaining each new drug requires huge investments of time and money, and very few tested compounds ultimately become approved drugs.
- Author
- Hugo Santos
- Language
- EN