• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Plants as a Still Unexploited Source of New Drugs
  • Contributor: Hostettmann, Kurt; Marston, Andrew
  • imprint: SAGE Publications, 2008
  • Published in: Natural Product Communications
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300814
  • ISSN: 1934-578X; 1555-9475
  • Keywords: Complementary and alternative medicine ; Plant Science ; Drug Discovery ; Pharmacology ; General Medicine
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  • Description: <jats:p>Higher plants are a source of thousands of natural products, with an almost infinite variety of different structural variations. These molecules often have specific functions and many of them have biological activities which can be of use to humans. They may provide lead compounds for the development of new drugs or they may be indispensable tools in biomedical research.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access