Introduction to natural product drug discovery process

1 Introduction to natural product drug discovery process 

Chemistry for Pharmacy Students Satyajit D Sarker and Lutfun Nahar 2007 John Wiley Sons, Ltd. 

Nature has been a potential source of therapeutic agents for thousands of years. An impressive number of modem dmgs have been derived from natural sources. Over the last century, a number of top selling dmgs have been developed from natural products. Anticancer dmg vincristine from Vinca rosea, narcotic analgesic morphine from Papaver somniferum, antimalarial dmg artemisinin from Artemisia annua, anticancer dmg Taxol from Taxus brevifolia and antibiotic peniciUins from Penicillium ssp. are just a few examples. 

Apart from natural-product-derived modem medicine, natural products are also used directly in the natural pharmaceutical industry that is growing rapidly in Europe and North America, as well as in the traditional medicine programmes being incorporated into the primary health care systems of Mexico, The People s Repuhhc of China, Nigeria and other developing countries. 

let us have a look at the summary of the traditional as well as the modern drug discovery processes involving natural products. 

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INTRODUCTION TO NATURAL PRODUCT DRUG DISCOVERY PROCESS... 

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