Pharmaceuticals from Nature

Pharmaceuticals from Nature

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Plant Derived
Artemisinin
L-Ascorbic Acid
Aspirin
Atropine
Betulinic Acid
Capsaicin
β-Carotene
Camptothecin
Caffeine
Camphor
Citronellal
Colchicine
Cocaine
Codeine
Deslanoside
Digitoxin
Digoxin
Ellipticine
Emetine
Ephedrine
Galantamine
Homoharringtonine
Hypericin
4-Ipomeanol
Kaempferol
Khellin
Lanatoside C
Maytansine
Morphine
Nicotine
Ouabain
Papaverine
Parthenolide
Phyllantoside
Physostigmine
Picrotoxinin
Piperine
Podophyllotoxin
Psoralen
D-Quinidine
L-Quinine
Reserpine
Resveratrol
Rutin
Scopolamine
Sennoside A
Silybin
β-Sitosterol
Tamiflu
Taxol
Theophylline
Δ⁹-Tetrahydrocannabinol
α-Tocopherol
Tubocurarine⁺
Tumeric
Umbelliferone
Veratramine
Vinblastine
Vincamine

Microorganism
Derived
Amoxicillin
Amphotericin B
Aureomycin
Bleomycin A2⁺
Candicidin D
Capreomycin IA
Cefaclor
Cephalosporin C
Chloramphenicol
Colistin A
Cyclosporin A
Cycloserine
Dactinomycin
Dextran
Doxorubicin
Ergotalkaloids
Ergonovine
Erythromycin A
Griseofulvin
Lincomycin
Lovastatin
Mevastatin
LSD
Mithramycin
Mitomycin C
Novobiocin
Nystatin A1
Oleandomycin
Paromomycin
Penicillin G
Psilocybin
Rifampicin
Spectinomycin
Streptomycin A
Tetracycline
Vancomycin

Marine Derived
Bryostatin 1
Cytarabine
Dercitin
Didemnin A
Discodermolide
Ecteinascidin
Fuscoside A
Manoalide
Microcolin B
Mycalamide A
Oroidin
Pseudopterosin A
Punaglandin 1&3
Spongistatin 1
Spongouridine
Tetrodotoxin
Vidarabine

Other
Captopril
Exendin-4
(GLP-1 agonist)
Ziconotide

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Pharmaceuticals selected by Dr. Rhoda Craig and Dr. William Mungall as part of the ChemLinks Project, How Does Nature Assist Modern Medicine in Yielding Beneficial Drugs? (1998) with additional information from PubChem and Protein Data Bank.
This page created by George Lisensky, Beloit College.
Last modified December 3, 2025.

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