title: Natural products and traditional medicine: turning on a paradigm.
abstract: Paradigm shifts in the strategies and the sciences that would enhance the quality, safety, and efficacy of traditional medicines and dietary supplements in global health care are discussed. Some of the challenges facing traditional medicine in health care are described, and the importance of defining clear goals and directions for the information systems, botany, chemistry, and biology related to plants and health care, including for drug discovery and quality control, is indicated.
authors.affiliation: Natural Products Inc., Evanston, Illinois 60203, United States. pharmacog@gmail.com
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cordell
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Colvard
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D055808:Drug Discovery; D029001:Herbal Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry; D011786:Quality Control
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products