Pharmaceuticals yog cov tshuaj uas tsim los rau kev kho mob, tsom rau kev kuaj mob, kho, tiv thaiv, lossis kho cov kab mob lossis teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv hauv tib neeg lossis tsiaj. Ua ntej kev pom zoo los ntawm lub koom haum tswj hwm zoo li FDA lossis EMA, cov tshuaj no tau tshawb fawb nruj, txhim kho, kuaj, thiab kev ntsuas kev tswj hwm.
Muaj nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv xws li ntsiav tshuaj, tsiav tshuaj, txhaj tshuaj, cream, los yog kua, tshuaj tej zaum yuav muaj hluavtaws los yog naturally derived compounds. Cov kws kho mob tau sau ntawv rau lawv raws li tus neeg xav tau kev noj qab haus huv, nrog rau cov lus qhia ntxaws txog kev siv ntau npaum li cas, kev siv, thiab cov kev mob tshwm sim.
Lawv suav nrog ntau yam ntawm cov tshuaj, hla los ntawm cov tshuaj tua kab mob thiab tshuaj tua kab mob mus rau cov tshuaj kho mob xws li ntshav qab zib lossis ntshav siab. Cov evolution thiab kev siv cov tshuaj muaj kev kho mob zoo heev, txhim kho tag nrho cov txiaj ntsig kev noj qab haus huv, tab sis kev xav txog lawv txoj kev nyab xeeb, kev ua tau zoo, thiab cov kev mob tshwm sim tseem ceeb heev.