natural products
Nature-derived items
Natural products are substances derived from living organisms—plants, animals, fungi, or bacteria—rather than synthesized in laboratories.
The term appears most often in chemistry and pharmacology, where many drugs originate as natural products: Penicillin is a natural product of mold.
In marketing, "natural products" suggests foods or cosmetics free from artificial ingredients, though the label is loosely regulated and often more aspirational than precise.
- phytochemicalsBioactive plant-derived compounds
- drug discoveryDeveloping new therapeutic compounds
- glycosidesSugar-linked chemical compounds
- active ingredientsSubstances producing intended effect
- alkaloidsNitrogen-based organic compounds
flavonoids · plant extracts · traditional knowledge · folk remedies · marine sponges · ethnobotany · biosynthesis · antibiotics · minerals · vitamins · resins · essential oils · saponins · sustainable · unprocessed · holistic · wellness · health food store
- organic compoundshydrocarbon, alcohol, alkane, ethane, propane
- drug discoverycompounds, SAR, scaffolds, inhibitors, agonists
- chemical biologyenrichment
- organicorganic food, organic produce, organic farming, organic certification, organic agriculture
- Biochemicalsamino acid, amino acids, protein, proteins, DNA
- chemistryatom, atoms, organic chemistry, molecule, chemistry
natural productssynthetic chemicals
Artificially produced molecular substances
petrochemicals · synthetic materials · industrial chemicals · synthetic drugs · pharmaceuticals
natural productsartificial flavors
Chemically synthesized taste compounds
designer drugs · chemical preservatives · synthetic dyes · synthetic pesticides · chemical additives
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