Perspectives and challenges of tropical medicinal herbs and modern drug discovery in the current scenario
Tropical diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis, account for a large number of deaths annually. Herbs are an excellent source of tropical medicines. Many advancements and discoveries have taken place in the field of drug discovery but still, a major population of...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:45b3ce00ddfe416a9e1387f3353961ad 2023-05-15T15:06:46+02:00 Perspectives and challenges of tropical medicinal herbs and modern drug discovery in the current scenario Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani Krishna Misra Dev Bukhsh Singh 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.250337 https://doaj.org/article/45b3ce00ddfe416a9e1387f3353961ad EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2019;volume=12;issue=1;spage=1;epage=7;aulast=Kesharwani https://doaj.org/toc/2352-4146 2352-4146 doi:10.4103/1995-7645.250337 https://doaj.org/article/45b3ce00ddfe416a9e1387f3353961ad Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019) herbs natural sources lead compounds drug discovery computational approaches Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.250337 2022-12-31T15:47:34Z Tropical diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis, account for a large number of deaths annually. Herbs are an excellent source of tropical medicines. Many advancements and discoveries have taken place in the field of drug discovery but still, a major population of tropical diseases relies on herbal traditional medicine. There are some challenges related to policy implementation, efficacy, resistance and toxicity of tropical medicines. There are many tropical diseases such as such as schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, African sleeping sickness, filariasis and chagas disease which are neglected because very few pharmaceutical companies have shown their interest in developing therapeutics against these diseases of poor people. There are many benefits associated with herbal medicine such as the cost of production, patient tolerance, large scale availability, efficacy, safety, potency, recyclability, and environment friendly. A large number of natural extracts such as curcumin, artemisinin, morphine, reserpine, and hypericin, are in use for treatment of different tropical diseases for a long time. The current review is to discuss the overview of tropical medicinal herbs, its scope and limitations in the modern drug discovery process. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 12 1 1 |
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Tropical diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, trypanosomiasis, and leishmaniasis, account for a large number of deaths annually. Herbs are an excellent source of tropical medicines. Many advancements and discoveries have taken place in the field of drug discovery but still, a major population of tropical diseases relies on herbal traditional medicine. There are some challenges related to policy implementation, efficacy, resistance and toxicity of tropical medicines. There are many tropical diseases such as such as schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, African sleeping sickness, filariasis and chagas disease which are neglected because very few pharmaceutical companies have shown their interest in developing therapeutics against these diseases of poor people. There are many benefits associated with herbal medicine such as the cost of production, patient tolerance, large scale availability, efficacy, safety, potency, recyclability, and environment friendly. A large number of natural extracts such as curcumin, artemisinin, morphine, reserpine, and hypericin, are in use for treatment of different tropical diseases for a long time. The current review is to discuss the overview of tropical medicinal herbs, its scope and limitations in the modern drug discovery process. |
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Perspectives and challenges of tropical medicinal herbs and modern drug discovery in the current scenario |
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