Traditional pharmaceuticals of biological origin

As previously indicated, some of these biological substances are now synthesized chemically, although many continue to be extracted from their native biological source material. Animals, plants and microorganisms have all yielded therapeutically important compounds, as described below. 

Insulin Diabetes mellitus Porcine/bovine pancreatic tissue 

Glucagon Used to reverse insulin-induced h5q)oglycaemia Porcine/bovine pancreatic tissue 

FSH Subfertility/infertility Urine of post-menopausal women 

Blood coagulation factors Haemophilia and other related blood disorders Human blood 

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