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Good progress has been made to modernize traditional Chinese medicines by obtaining active components from natural herbs. In this review, some recent works on procuring active components and modernizing traditional Chinese medicines will be covered. In addition, some recent works on drug design using modern drug design tools have been described. With some well defined targets, the traditional Chinese medicine databases have been screened so as to identify those compounds for which the potential as a drug candidate was not known before. Among these studies, two have been selected as examples to be discussed in details. First, new anti-HIV candidates have been detected, namely leucovorin and agaritine derivatives. Subsequently, GTS-21 is proved to be a good candidate for Alzheimers disease. All these findings may provide useful information for finding effective drug candidates with lower cost.
Keywords: Drug candidates, traditional chinese medicine, natural herbs, modern drug design tools
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: Drug Candidates from Traditional Chinese Medicines
Volume: 8 Issue: 18
Author(s): Jing-Fang Wang, Dong-Qing Wei and Kuo-Chen Chou
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Keywords: Drug candidates, traditional chinese medicine, natural herbs, modern drug design tools
Abstract: Good progress has been made to modernize traditional Chinese medicines by obtaining active components from natural herbs. In this review, some recent works on procuring active components and modernizing traditional Chinese medicines will be covered. In addition, some recent works on drug design using modern drug design tools have been described. With some well defined targets, the traditional Chinese medicine databases have been screened so as to identify those compounds for which the potential as a drug candidate was not known before. Among these studies, two have been selected as examples to be discussed in details. First, new anti-HIV candidates have been detected, namely leucovorin and agaritine derivatives. Subsequently, GTS-21 is proved to be a good candidate for Alzheimers disease. All these findings may provide useful information for finding effective drug candidates with lower cost.
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Wang Jing-Fang, Wei Dong-Qing and Chou Kuo-Chen, Drug Candidates from Traditional Chinese Medicines, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2008; 8 (18) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802608786786633
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802608786786633 |
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