title: Biodiversity and drug discovery--a symbiotic relationship.
abstract: The profound developments in natural products drug discovery in the past few years are discussed, and the importance of a global approach to biodiversity and drug discovery involving natural products for the early part of the 21st century is presented.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA. cordell@uic.edu
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cordell
mesh_terms: D001685:Biological Factors / Q000191:economics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations