What are the organic compounds that have been greatly affected by the advances in medicine?

Organic compounds are used in a wide range of products, including herbicides (e.g., Treflan, 2, 4-D), hormones and steroids, vitamins and enzymes, antiseptics and anesthetics, pigments and dyes, paper and inks, photographic films and developers, perfumes and flavors, plastics, rubber and resins, propellants and explosives, soap and detergents, and refrigerants.

Organic chemistry has profoundly influenced civilization. Historically, the synthesis of dyes like indigo and turkey red from coal-tar freed up vast amounts of land previously used for growing dye plants, allowing it to be used for other productive purposes.

Advances in medicine, particularly the introduction of antiseptics, anesthetics, and antibiotics, have also been a major contribution of organic compounds, greatly affecting the course of civilization.