Plants as source of drugs

被引:908
作者
Rates, SMK [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Sch Pharm, Dept Prod Raw Mat, Lab Pharmacognosy, BR-90610000 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
关键词
medicinal plants; phytomedicinal products; natural products; toxic plants;
D O I
10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00154-9
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
This work presents a study of the importance of natural products, especially those derived from higher plants, in terms of drug development. It describes the main strategies for obtaining drugs from natural sources, fields of knowledge involved, difficulties and perspectives. It also includes a brief discussion of the specific situation in Brazil regarding the use of, trade in, and research into therapeutic resources of natural origin and the general lack of awareness of the use of potentially toxic plants, mainly in folk medicine. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:603 / 613
页数:11
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