Abstract
Modern research in drug discovery from medicinal plants involves a multidimensional approach combining botanical, phytochemical, biochemical combinatorial chemistry and bioassay-guided fractionation approaches. Natural sources continue to provide an alternative as pharmacological leads against various devastating diseases such as diabetes, CVD, cancer etc. Nowadays, there is enormous requirement of safe and effective drugs in the world. This has prompted scientists to revert back towards natural resources as a potential source of therapeutics for treatment and management of such chronic and fatal diseases. However, there are certain serious challenges and limitations in this field including scale up and commercialization of active compounds which allow only one in thousand lead molecules to be developed as drug. A systematic and scientific approach is an essential requirement for drug development from natural resource. This mini review provides an overview of the methods involved in natural product research starting from crude plant extract to bioactive pharmacological lead. Moreover, it also discusses the limitations of working concerning the bioactivity of medicinal plants.
Keywords: Bioassay guided fractionation, characterization, limitations, mechanism of action, natural source, structurefunction relation.
Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Drug Development from Natural Resource: A Systematic Approach
Volume: 15 Issue: 1
Author(s): S.B. Sharma and Richa Gupta
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Keywords: Bioassay guided fractionation, characterization, limitations, mechanism of action, natural source, structurefunction relation.
Abstract: Modern research in drug discovery from medicinal plants involves a multidimensional approach combining botanical, phytochemical, biochemical combinatorial chemistry and bioassay-guided fractionation approaches. Natural sources continue to provide an alternative as pharmacological leads against various devastating diseases such as diabetes, CVD, cancer etc. Nowadays, there is enormous requirement of safe and effective drugs in the world. This has prompted scientists to revert back towards natural resources as a potential source of therapeutics for treatment and management of such chronic and fatal diseases. However, there are certain serious challenges and limitations in this field including scale up and commercialization of active compounds which allow only one in thousand lead molecules to be developed as drug. A systematic and scientific approach is an essential requirement for drug development from natural resource. This mini review provides an overview of the methods involved in natural product research starting from crude plant extract to bioactive pharmacological lead. Moreover, it also discusses the limitations of working concerning the bioactivity of medicinal plants.
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Sharma S.B. and Gupta Richa, Drug Development from Natural Resource: A Systematic Approach, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 15 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955751501150224160518
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138955751501150224160518 |
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