Revisiting the ancient concept of botanical therapeutics 

 -  Nature Chemical Biology, 3(7), p.360, 2007 .
<br/><br/> Mixtures of interacting compounds produced by plants may provide important combination therapies that simultaneously affect multiple pharmacological targets and provide clinical efficacy beyond the reach of single compound-based drugs. Developing innovative scientific methods for discovery, validation, characterization and standardization of these multicomponent botanical therapeutics is essential to their acceptance into mainstream medicine. Historically, natural products have provided an endless source of medicine, and ... 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BOTANY<br/>DRUG RESEARCH<br/>METHODOLOGY<br/>NONHUMAN<br/>PHYTOTHERAPY<br/>PRIORITY JOURNAL<br/>REVIEW<br/>STANDARDIZATION