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Name the main classes of general drugs. Give their source and one example of each.

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(i) Natural drugs obtained from plants (quinine, morphine), animals (heparin, liver extract), and microorganisms (penicillin, streptomycin) , and (ii) synthetic drugs manufactured in the laboratory (aspirin, chloroquine).
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