There is a phase of capture, “it’s better to live through chemistry” to extol the wonders of modern medicine to help a person. However, many of these medicines would be impossible without our medicinal plants. Nearly forty percent of all prescribed drugs are made from plants and fungi or developed from naturally occurring chemical compounds. Many natural substances, such as various plant alkaloids, have been found to disrupt cellular function and are well suited for various cancer treatments. Some natural substances reduce the growth of bacteria; some relieve pain and relieve pain.
These drugs include aspirin, digoxin, warfarin, and vinkal alkaloids, used to treat leukemia and breast cancer.
Some populations of plant species may be stronger than others, and parts of plants vary depending on their concentration of medicinal compounds. Underground plant parts, such as roots, rhizomes and bulbs, are often the most powerful part of a medicinal plant, where the most concentrated secondary compounds produced by plant metabolism. Organic compounds can be synthesized by chemists in the laboratory. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, plants were no longer the source of effective drugs. Some plant compounds still have to come directly from plants because they have not yet been successfully synthesized, including morphine, cocaine, ergotamine, podophyllin, and digitalis. Other plant compounds, such as atropine and reserpine, are too expensive to synthesize, so pharmaceutical companies continue to rely on natural sources.
About eighty percent of people in developing countries still rely on traditional herbal medicines for their primary health care. In the US, about twenty-five percent of recipes are filled with drugs, the active ingredients of which are extracted or made from plants. Some of the drugs sold today are simple synthetic modifications or copies of substances produced naturally.
About 120 prescription drugs are derived from plants, and these drugs come from only 95 plant species. Today, there are at least 120 different chemicals derived from plants that are considered important drugs that are currently used in one or more countries of the world. These chemicals are listed in the table below.
We tend to think about prescription drugs and cancer drugs that come from new discoveries of medicinal plants, but now there were a lot of drugs and chemicals that are now commonplace, because we don’t think too much about “miracle drugs ", Which were obtained from medicinal plants, the following is a brief list of some over-the-counter (OTC), antimalarial, oncological and specialized drugs for treatment and herbal supplements that benefit elovechestvu and whose active ingredients are extracted or produced from plants:
General (drug, source, action / use):
- Aspirin; Willow Bark (Salix kinds); analgesic
- Emetine (Ipecac syrup); Cephaelis ipecacuanha; Induce vomiting; especially in cases of accidental ingestion of toxic or harmful substances
- scopolamine; Hyoscyamus niger; Seasickness
- camphor; Cinnamomum camphora; skin flushing
- a-Lobelin; Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata); Smoking deterrent
- sanguinarine; Blood Horn (Sanguinaria canadensis); Plaque Inhibitor
- Stevia (Stevioside); Stevia rebaudiana; sweetener
- Thymol; Thymus ordinary; Antifungal (topical); popular in mouthwash
- Valapotriates; Valeriana officinalis; Sedatives; no morning hangover
- Silymarin; Milk Thistle (Silibum marianum); Antihepatotoxic; supports liver health
- Morphine, Codeine; Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum); Analgesic; antitussive (codeine)
- Pseudoephredrine; Ephedra tit; sympathomimetic
- Erythoromycin; Tropical mushrooms; Antibiotic
- tubocurarine; Chondodentron tomentosum; Muscle relaxant
- Pilocarpine; Jaborandi; glaucoma
- Quinine; Cinchona ledgerian; Anti-Malaria
- Coartem; Sweet wormwood (Artemisia annua); Anti-Malaria
- vinblastine; Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus); Hodgkin's Disease
- vincristine; Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus); Leukemia
- Taxol / Paclitaxel; Pacific yew (Taxus brevofolia ); Ovarian and breast cancer
- VePesid, etofofos / etoposide; Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum); Lymphomas; leukemia; lungs, breast, testicular cancer
- Hycmatim / Toptecan; Chinese hop / joy tree (Camptotheca acuminata); Cancer of the ovary, breast, lung; some types of leukemia
- Chaulmoogra oil; Produced from trees in labor Hydrocarpus and Taraktogenos; Antibiotic against bacteria causing leprosy
- Digitoxin, Digitalin, Digoxin; Common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea); Cardiotonic, functioning as a heart stimulator, which improves the tone and rhythm of the patient's heart rhythm
- Reserpine; Snakeroot (rauwolfia kinds); tranquilizer
- Kawain; Kava (Piper methysticum); tranquilizer
- Atropine; Atropa belladonna; Anticholinergic, promotes cognitive impairment
- gossypol; Gossypium species (Cottonseed); Male contraceptive
- Hydrastine; Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis); Hemostatic, astringent
