New Perspectives on Chinese Herbal Medicine (zhong-yao) Research and Development

Overview

Journal Evid Based Complement Alternat Med

Specialty Rehabilitation Medicine

Date 2011 Jul 26

PMID 21785622

Citations 26

Authors

Si-Yuan Pan

Si-Bao Chen

Hong-Guang Dong

Zhi-Ling Yu

Ji-Cui Dong

Zhi-Xian Long

Wang-Fun Fong

Yi-Fan Han

Kam-Ming Ko

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Abstract

Synthetic chemical drugs, while being efficacious in the clinical management of many diseases, are often associated with undesirable side effects in patients. It is now clear that the need of therapeutic intervention in many clinical conditions cannot be satisfactorily met by synthetic chemical drugs. Since the research and development of new chemical drugs remain time-consuming, capital-intensive and risky, much effort has been put in the search for alternative routes for drug discovery in China. This narrative review illustrates various approaches to the research and drug discovery in Chinese herbal medicine. Although this article focuses on Chinese traditional drugs, it is also conducive to the development of other traditional remedies and innovative drug discovery.

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