Natural sources of medicines
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Many drugs were originally extracted from plants or microorganisms rather than being made synthetically from the start.
The starting point may still be a chemical extracted from a plant, which may have a useful biological effect.
Topics that use Natural sources of medicines
- Discovery and development of drugs (AQA GCSE)
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- Clinical trials
- Dose
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- Evidence before human trials
- Optimum dose
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