Synergy research: a new approach to evaluating the efficacy of herbal mono-drug extracts and their combinations.
Synergy research is a new approach to phytomedicinal research. Three events have promoted this development: (1) The demand of the European drug law that the registration of drug preparations must include an assessment that each component of a herbal drug combination contributes to its overall pharmacological effect and therapeutic efficacy; (2) The availability of new high-tech analytical and molecular-biological methods and (3) A conspicuous change of paradigm in conventional medicine from a monodrug concept of treating diseases to a more multidrug therapy.
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Hildebert
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D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*
D010936:Plant Extracts