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What modern medicines are made from plants? Examples?

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Most plants on earth have some kind of ingredient that cures or eases pain or helps illness or even cure disease.
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All of them !
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Modern medicines often contain ingredients insulated from plants or synthetically  modelled on plant - contents.

Some examples:

Pilocarpus

Species: jaborandi, microphyllus, pennatifolius > pilocarpin > eye drops > glaucoma

Vinca rosea > alkaloids Vinblastine and vincristine > testis cancer, leukemia of children

Ginkgo biloba > flavonol glycosides etc. > cerebral circulation, blood circulation

Digitalis purpurea and lanata > digitalis glycosides >  heart stimulant, strengthen contractions of the heart muscle

Aloe vera > acemannan > clinical trial in diabetes mellitus patients

Opium > codeine > cough; morphines > huge pain

Secale cornutum > ergotamine etc > migraine f.e.

Colchicum autumnale > colchicin > gout
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