Herbal Medicine: Clinical Perspective and Regulatory Status
| Autor: | T. Anwer Esra, H. Pottoo Faheem, A. Barkat Harshita, Salauddin Mohammad, Goyal Anjali, Abul Barkat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Herbal Medicine media_common.quotation_subject Phytochemicals complex mixtures 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Drug Discovery Humans Medicine Adverse effect 030304 developmental biology media_common Pharmaceutical industry 0303 health sciences Herb-drug interactions Traditional medicine Drug discovery business.industry Organic Chemistry food and beverages General Medicine Computer Science Applications 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis business Healthcare system |
| Zdroj: | Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening. 24:1573-1582 |
| ISSN: | 1386-2073 |
| DOI: | 10.2174/1386207323999201110192942 |
| Popis: | Herbal medicines play an important role in treating various ailments due to their potentially high therapeutic values and acceptability by patients with different health complications. The practice of herbal medicine involves the use of a part of a plant, the entire plant, or a selective isolated phytoconstituent. The search for new drugs during the scientific era revived the interest in the discovery of herbal drugs from different natural resources. The present modern healthcare system involves the utilization of drugs and 50% of them are of natural origin. In recent years, there had been an upsurge in the interest for search of novel herbal drugs by the pharmaceutical industry. However, the discovery of such new novel phytomedicines involves various challenges in the identification of active constituents; their characterization, pharmacological activity, toxicity/adverse effects, drug interactions, and, most importantly, their regulatory requirements. The present review is mainly focused on the history of herbal medicine, current clinical perspective, and pharmaceutical and regulatory challenges facing herbal drugs. Moreover, problems encountered in drug discovery from herbal resources and their possible solutions have been delineated. |
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