Chemists, biochemists, biologists etc.
There are many unknown individuals who have done research on plants as a possible source of medicine. Native tribes did research on plants for this purpose for example.
Medicine can be derived from plant sources (herbal medicine), animal sources (such as insulin from pigs), mineral sources (like iron supplements), synthetic sources (laboratory-produced drugs), and microbial sources (such as antibiotics produced by fungi or bacteria).
Now a days almost all the plants are using as the sources of medicines. For example: Neem, Thulasi.
paleontology
Medicine Pipes.
Pharmaceutical botany with taxonomy is the study of how plants of certain classifications can be used for their medicinal benefits. This type of study makes it possible to determine suspension, medicine flavoring, lasting effects, and manufacturing capabilities.
Herbal Plants
Faith Mitchell has written: 'Hoodoo medicine' -- subject(s): Medicinal plants, Medicine, Traditional, Plants, Medicinal, Traditional medicine
you can get food , clothes , and medicine
Pharmacology:The branch of medicine concerned with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs.Pharmacognosy:The branch of knowledge concerned with medicinal drugs obtained from plants or other natural sources.
Hard to say. Plants were used in medicine from prehistoric time.
we need plants on earth because they give us medicine