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Plant products constitute approximately ____ of the total prescribed medicines in U.S.A.
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25%
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20%
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15%
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35%
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A full 40 percent of the drugs behind the pharmacist’s counter in the Western world are derived from plants that people have used for centuries, including the top 20 best selling prescription drugs in the United States today.
Detailed explanation-2: -What percentage of the population takes prescription drugs? It’s estimated that about 66% of the U.S. population takes one or more prescription drugs.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ten percent of all vascular plants are used as medicinal plants [1], and there are estimated to be between 350, 000 [2] and almost half a million [3] species of them. Since ancient times, plants have been used in medicine and are still used today [4].
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