Abstract
Mixtures of interacting compounds produced by plants may provide important combination therapies that simultaneously affect multiple pharmacological targets and provide clinical efficacy beyond the reach of single compound-based drugs. Developing innovative scientific methods for discovery, validation, characterization and standardization of these multicomponent botanical therapeutics is essential to their acceptance into mainstream medicine.
Publication types
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Review
MeSH terms
- Animals
- Biological Factors / chemistry
- Biological Factors / therapeutic use*
- Diabetes Mellitus / drug therapy*
- Drug Approval
- Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
- Humans
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional* / trends
- Molecular Structure
- Plant Preparations / chemistry*
- Plant Preparations / therapeutic use*
- Plants / chemistry*
Substances
- Biological Factors
- Plant Preparations