分子理解和传统药物的现代应用:胜利和试验
Timothy W Corson1, Craig M Crews
1Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Cell
|September 7, 2007
概括
传统医药提供药物线索,但在临床使用之前在发现,隔离和机制研究方面面临障碍. 艺术素和黄素等关键化合物说明了这些发育挑战.
科学领域:
- 药理学和药物发现
- 自然产品 化学 化学
- 药用化学 医学化学
背景情况:
- 传统医药是新型治疗化合物的丰富来源.
- 从传统疗法到批准药物的旅程涉及复杂的科学过程.
- 几种天然化合物显示出希望,但需要广泛的研究.
研究的目的:
- 概述从传统药物开发药物的关键途径.
- 识别和讨论在这个发展过程中遇到的挑战.
- 用自然化合物的具体例子来说明这些障碍.
主要方法:
- 审查现有的关于从天然产品开发药物的文献.
- 对五种突出的化合物进行案例研究分析:阿尔特米西宁,三类,切拉斯特罗尔,素和黄素.
- 讨论阶段:发现,隔离,机理学研究和临床试验.
主要成果:
- 发展道路充满了科学和后勤方面的挑战.
- 有效化合物的分离和表征可能是困难的.
- 要了解其精确的作用机制,需要进行大量的研究.
结论:
- 克服自然产品药物开发中的挑战对于释放新疗法至关重要.
- 阿尔特米西宁,三,塞拉斯特罗尔,素和黄素是其中复杂性的例子.
- 需要进一步的研究和创新方法来简化传统来源的药物发现.
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