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ArticleJournal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine2010

Ethnopharmacology and integrative medicine - Let the history tell the future.

Pulok K Mukherjee, P Venkatesh, S Ponnusankar

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Article in Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Pulok K MukherjeeSchool of Natural Product Studies, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
P Venkatesh
S Ponnusankar

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditional systems of medicines need more evidence-based studies on both crude drugs and purified phytomolecules. Utilization of natural products as pharmacological tools could lead to a number of new major therapeutically active metabolites. Lead molecules are further screened for their potential in terms of quality control, safety assessments, and studies about molecular pharmacology and their related properties. Identification, and quality and safety evaluation of natural products, is a fundamental requirement of industry and other organizations dealing with natural health products (NHPs). Marker analysis, based on chemo-profiling and development of characteristic fingerprints for individual plants, could help to develop uniform standardization tools. Beside such evaluations of clinical parameters, safety profiles as well as drug-herb and herb-herb interactions are the most important parameters for assessment and promotion. With the steady growth of the NHPs, advanced analytical- and mechanism-based screening should be considered for their promotion and value addition in every way for the betterment of healthcare. Thus, there is an urgent need for the development of international co-ordination to promote and develop NHPs, including their assessment, perspectives, pharmacovigilance, and potential harmonization of regulation, quality control and clinical uses.

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AyurvedaEthnopharmacologyIndian system of medicineintegrated approach

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PMID21836796
PMCPMC3151376

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