TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINES AND NEW DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Authors
BAI DL
Citation
Dl. Bai, TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINES AND NEW DRUG DEVELOPMENT, Pure and applied chemistry, 65(6), 1993, pp. 1103-1112
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Pure and applied chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00334545
Volume
65
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1103 - 1112
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-4545(1993)65:6<1103:TCMAND>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The recent study of the traditional medicines in China has given us co nfidence that what was recorded in Chinese ancient medical literature through empirical observations is indeed still coincident with modem c hemistry, pharmacology and medicine. An antimalarial drug, artemether, and an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, huperzine A, are exemplified.