Not exactly. Yes, the active ingredients of many medicines have first been discovered in plants, aspirin from slippery willow, tamoxifen from Pacific yew, for example. Any honest gardener will tell you that time of year, wet-vs-dry conditions, etc. during harvest greatly affects the strength of any herb or spice.
What pharmaceutical companies do is determine the actual effective chemical, the effective dosage, the safe dosage and side effects, as well as discover how to manufacture large quantities.
fusilier, wearing his (retired) Associate Professor of Human Anatomy and Physiology hat.
I have to disagree with both Grandma Lea, and WndyCity.
1, under no circumstances whatsoever would Cadet Bonespurs put himself at risk. 2, one person was killed and one person injured, other than the aforementioned CB. I infer that the shooter had no long-range shooting skills, simply popped off three rounds, and CB just got lucky.
fusilier, who would really like to see the patholgy report
Hippo, Birdies, Two Ewes!
fusilier
James 2:24