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Nature's Pharmacy: Medicines from Plants and Animals

Pharmacology

Test your knowledge on medications and pharmacological substances derived from plants, animals, and natural organisms.

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8 Questions Easy Ages 10+ Sep 27, 2026

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1 Salicin, a natural compound used to invent aspirin, was originally extracted from the bark of which tree?

A Willow tree
B Oak tree
C Pine tree
D Maple tree

2 Which flowering plant is the natural source of the pain-relieving drug morphine?

A Opium poppy
B Sunflower
C Lavender
D Aloe vera

3 Digoxin, a medication used to treat heart failure, is derived from which plant?

A Rose
B Foxglove
C Dandelion
D Tulip

4 The antimalarial drug quinine was historically extracted from the bark of which tree?

A Birch
B Eucalyptus
C Cinchona
D Cedar

5 Penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic, was discovered growing in which organism?

A Bacteria
B Fungus (Mold)
C Algae
D Fern

6 Before synthetic production was invented, therapeutic insulin for humans was mainly harvested from which animals?

A Pigs and cattle
B Chickens and ducks
C Dogs and cats
D Fish and frogs

7 The blue blood of horseshoe crabs is harvested in medicine to test injectables for what contamination?

A Viruses
B Bacterial endotoxins
C Heavy metals
D Microplastics

8 Paclitaxel, a medication used in cancer chemotherapy, was originally discovered in the bark of which tree?

A Pacific Yew
B Baobab
C Redwood
D Banyan

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