Current Science

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A recent issue of Current Science reported the emergence of a new discipline, i.e. metabolomics. Humans have been using aspirin, quinine and other secondary metabolites as plant extracts for a long time now. However, it was only in the last century that we started identifying, isolating and, later, synthesizing the active compounds that have therapeutic value.
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