extracted from vs derived from

Both 'extracted from' and 'derived from' are correct phrases, but they are used in different contexts. 'Extracted from' is commonly used when referring to physical substances or materials that have been taken out of a source. On the other hand, 'derived from' is more often used in a broader sense, indicating that something originates or comes from a particular source.

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extracted from

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to physical substances or materials that have been taken out of a source.

This phrase is used when talking about extracting physical substances or materials from a source, such as extracting oil from the ground or extracting DNA from a sample.

Examples:

The data was extracted from the research study.
The juice is extracted from fresh oranges.
The information was extracted from the database.
The essence of the story was extracted from real-life events.
The chemical compound is extracted from natural sources.

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There is no Community regulation of the question of recording convictions extracted from criminal records.
The volatile nitrogenous bases are extracted from a sample using a solution of 0,6 mol perchloric acid.
A modified poison extracted from blowfish.
Methyl benzoquate is extracted from the sample with methanolic methanesulfonic acid solution.
It's bone marrow I extracted from Barnes' iliac crest.
Oil extracted from stabilized rice bran.
Lycopene from Blakeslea trispora is extracted from the fungal biomass and purified by crystallisation and filtration.
The venom we extracted from the jungle planet creature.
Product extracted from curd or casein through use of neutralizing substances and drying.
This is a wood fragment extracted from April Reynolds' head wound.
It's the bullet that I extracted from the victim.
The psychic neurochemical I extracted from his mutant brain is changing me.
The sliver of metal you extracted from Supergirl's arm.
Analysis of the vitreous humor, extracted from the eyeball, indicated the presence of high concentration of an undetermined chemical compound.
(The volatile organic liquid extracted from the gas evolved in the high temperature (greater than 700 ºC) destructive distillation of coal.
A naturally gaseous straight-chain hydrocarbon (C2H6) extracted from natural gas and refinery gas streams.
The lactic fluid extracted from the female of the bovine species is highly prolific to the... fifth degree, ma'am.
FHA) are extracted from Bordetella pertussis cultures then separately purified.
The specimen was successfully extracted from Jennifer Hartswell.
These data should be extracted from existing sources if possible.

Alternatives:

taken from
pulled from
harvested from
obtained from
removed from

derived from

This phrase is correct and commonly used to indicate that something originates or comes from a particular source.

This phrase is used when talking about the origin or source of something, such as a word derived from Latin or a product derived from natural ingredients.