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Natural products of commercial potential as medicines
1Oriental Medical Research Center, Kitasato Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Current Opinion in Biotechnology
|April 1, 1991
Abstract:
Recent advances in research on natural products (of both low and high molecular weight) of plant origin and their commercial potential as medicines are discussed. Substances with immunomodulating, antiviral, antimicrobial, antiparasite, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, hypoglycemic, tranquillizer and antifeedant activities are focused on.