Revisiting the ancient concept of botanical therapeutics.
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.
Schmidt
Barbara M
BM
Rutgers University, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Biotech Center, 59 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA.
Ribnicky
David M
DM
Lipsky
Peter E
PE
Raskin
Ilya
I
D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017277:Drug Approval; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000639:trends; D015394:Molecular Structure; D028321:Plant Preparations / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry*
D001685:Biological Factors; D028321:Plant Preparations