Pharmacological Activity-Based Quality Control of Chinese Herbs
Author： Shao-Ping Li and Yi-Tao Wang
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781624176807
Subject： R96 Pharmacology
Keyword： Bio-Medical
Language： ENG
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Description
Natural products are the most successful source of drugs. Of the 877 small-molecule new chemical entities introduced between 1981 and 2002, roughly half were natural products, semi-synthetic natural product analogues or natural mimics. Chinese herbs (traaditional Chinese medicines, TCMs) have been used for prevention and treatment of diseases for thousands years. It has been attracting intensive attention in the trends of back to nature. As herbal medicines, the conditions of growth, harvest time, proce