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Linnaeus and Pharmacy Plants are important Old Drugs from Medicinal Plants
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
| Year isolated |
Substance | Origin | Scientific plant name |
| 1932 | Ginkgolides | Maidenhair tree | Ginkgo biloba |
| 1950s | Vinblastine | Madagascar periwinkle | Catharanthus roseus |
| 1950s | Vincristine | Madagascar periwinkle | Catharanthus roseus |
| 1962 | Ginsenosides | Ginseng | Panax ginseng |
| 1967 | Taxol | Pacific yew | Taxus brevifolia |
| 1968 | Silymarin | Milk thistle | Silybum marianum |
| 1972 | Artemisinin | Sweet wormword | Artemisia annua |
| 1972 | Cyclosporine | A microfungus | Cordyceps subsesselis (Tolyplocladium inflatum) |