What is the purpose of commercial extraction of chemicals from plants?

What is the purpose of commercial extraction of chemicals from plants?
  1. To provide nutrients to the plants
  2. To make the herbivore sick when they are eaten
  3. To extract valuable compounds
  4. To prevent predation from predators

Solution

A wide variety of chemical substances that we extract from plants on a commercial scale is for valuable compounds.

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