SOURCE OF DRUGS


Pharmaceutical chemistry is "THE CHEMISTRY OF DRUGS" which utilizes the general laws of chemistry to study drugs. The word drug derived from the French word 'Drouge' which means a dry herb and its defined as " any substance used for he purpose of diagnosis, prevention, relief or cure of a disease in man or animal".

SOURCE OF DRUGS:

  • PLANT
  • SYNTHETIC
  • ANIMALS
  • MINERALS
  • MICRO-ORGANISMS
  • DRUGS PRODUCED BY GENETIC ENGINEERING                                                                           Majority of the drugs used in therapeutics are synthetic, but many plant products also provide important therapeutic drugs.                                                                                               

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