Plant – important source of medicinals • Aspirin: – Most widely‐used phamarceuticals – Synthesized from salicylic acid found in meadowsweet • Drugs from plants: – Atropine – Codeine – Morphine – Reserpine – Vinblastine
Plant – important source of medicinals • Aspirin: – Most widely‐used phamarceuticals – Synthesized from salicylic acid found in meadowsweet • Drugs from plants: – Atropine – Codeine – Morphine – Reserpine – Vinblastine