Old Drugs from Medicinal Plants
Year isolated |
Substance | Origin | Scientific plant name |
1806 | Morphine | Opium poppy | Papaver somniferum |
1818 | Noscapin | Opium poppy | Papaver somniferum |
1820 | Caffeine | Coffee | Coffea arabica |
1820 | Quinine | Quinine bark | Cinchona spp. |
1828 | Nicotine | Tobacco | Nicotiana tabacum |
1832 | Codeine | Opium poppy | Papaver somniferum |
1833 | Atropine | Deadly nightshade | Atropa belladonna |
1835 | Salicylic acid | Meadowsweet | Filipendula ulmaria |
1848 | Papaverin | Opium poppy | Papaver somniferum |
1855 | Cocaine | Coca leaf | Erythroxylum coca |
1868 | Digitalin* | Foxglove | Digitalis purpurea |
* Digitalin is a mixture of glycosides. Nowadays some of the glycosides are used as pure compounds, as cardiac medicines.
New Medicinal Substances from Medicinal Plants
Last modified: 2021-06-21