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Pharconogsy- coined from 2 greek words pharmacon meaning drugs and pharmaceuticals, and gnosis
meaning knowledge. It is the study of the physical, chemical, biochemical and biological properties of
drugs from natural substances.

Natural resources:

Plants

Animals

Microbes

Biogenesis- biochemical pathways leading to the formation of secondary constituente use as drugs.

Factors that affect biogenesis are ontogeny, heredity ( phenotypes and genotypes), and environment.

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