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What are the sources of medicine?

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Updated: 5/23/2024

Most sources of medicine are plants. Some sources of a few medicines are actually different strains of fungi or bacteria.

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Medicine can be derived from plant sources (herbal medicine), animal sources (such as insulin from pigs), mineral sources (like iron supplements), synthetic sources (laboratory-produced drugs), and microbial sources (such as antibiotics produced by fungi or bacteria).

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