Reverse pharmacology and systems approaches for drug discovery and development

Current Bioactive Compounds

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-212

  Patwardhan, Bhushan ^a,e   Vaidya, Ashok D B ^b   Chorghade, Mukund ^c   Joshi, Swati P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b Kasturba Research Center   (India)

^c Chorghade Enterprises   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^e Manipal Education   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptogens; Adjuvants; Ayurveda; Chemoprotection; Drug discovery; Reverse pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; BERBERINE; BOSWELLIA SERRATA EXTRACT; DITERPENE; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GENISTEIN; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; JATRORRHIZINE; LEVODOPA; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PLUMBAGIN; QUININE; RESERPINE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SILYMARIN; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNINDEXED DRUG; WITHAFERIN A;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AYURVEDA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA WIGHTII; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG QUALITY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; JAUNDICE; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALARIA; METABOLOMICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STANDARDIZATION; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 65649122673     PISSN: 15734072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340708786847870     Document Type: Review

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