General and Systematic Veterinary Pharmacology

MINERAL SOURCE

• Metallic and nonmetallic minerals provide various inorganic materials not available from plants or animals. Mineral sources are used as they occur in nature or can be combined with other ingredients.
• The drugs that are included in this category include metals and their salts, non metals, metalloids, acids, alcohols and coaltar drugs etc.
• Examples are: sodium chloride, copper sulphate, magnesium sulphate, potassium permanganate,  etc.
• They are used in the purified form as drugs.