what common medicines come from plants
Today, about 40 percent of our prescription medicines come from plant extracts or synthesized plant compounds. plant-based medicines are everywhere, including the shelves of our local drugstores.Quinine (Malaria Drug) Derived from: Cinchona tree (cinchona pubescens) part used: Bark active ingredient: Quinine.uinine and quinidine are both extracts from cinchona bark. Both are still used against malaria parasites. use: Treatment for malaria 10,000 tons of cinchona bark is harvested annually to make drugs to treat malaria.