Discovering drugs

• What are Digitalis extracted from?

  plants
• Where are aspirin extracted from?

  plants
• Where is penicillin extracted from?

  Microorganisms
• What is Aspirin? 


  A painkiller that comes from willow trees
• What is Digitalis for?

  For heart problems that comes from foxgloves
• What is penicillin?


  An antibiotic comes from the penicillium mould.
• Who discovered Penicillin?


  Alexander Fleming by accident
• Most new drugs are synthesised by chemists in the pharmaceutical industry. However, the starting point may still be a chemical extracted from a plant.