Question

Isolation of compounds from plants to be used as drugs was the ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

Answer 1

Answer:

It was technique which was developed by the chemist from Sweden named Carl Wilheim Scheele.

Explanation:

To get any kind of drugs form the plant first necessary steps is to isolate the compound. For isolation of compound we have to extract the material from the plant and that liquid from the plant leaves is known as crude extract which has the compound of interest along with the other compounds. To get crude extract, plant materials are mechanically digested in mortal pestle with the use of some chemicals. After this, it is filtered with the help of muslin cloth or filter paper.