Placenta is an embryonic tissue formed during pregnancy from the cells of the fetus. The unique biological compounds in placenta ensure that the fetus is supplied with the necessary nutrients and oxygen needed for successful growth. Placenta purifies the mother's blood from hazardous toxins before it enters the embryo and provides the embryo with all the nourishment it needs for existence, growth, and defense from external risk factors.

The most well known and analyzed product processed from placenta is a placenta protein preparation of amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) and substances derived from a deep acid hydrolysis of placental tissue. Placenta protein is the basis of virtually all medicinal substances and treatments emulsioned from placenta. It is known to improve metabolic processes, accelerate tissue regeneration, and stimulate immunity; it mobilizes the body's own defenses to fight infectious illnesses, injuries, and radiation damage; and it helps the body rid itself of toxins, carcinogens, radio-nuclides, heavy metal salts, and other metabolic by-products.