The pharmaceutical industry has remained interested in mining traditional uses of medicinal plants in its drug discovery efforts.[
The pharmaceutical industry has remained interested in mining traditional uses of medicinal plants in its drug discovery efforts.[43] Of the 1073 small-molecule drugs approved in the period 1981 to 2010, over half were either directly derived from or inspired by natural substances.[43][113] Among cancer treatments, of 185 small-molecule drugs approved in the period from 1981 to 2019, 65% were derived from or inspired by natural substances.[114]