Anglo-Saxon pharmacopoeia revisited: A potential treasure in drug discovery

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 16, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 1069-1075

  Watkins, Frances ^a   Pendry, Barbara ^a   Corcoran, Olivia ^a   Sanchez Medina, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTEOSIDE; ATROPINE; BETA ASARONE; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CASTICIN; CHAMAZULENE; CHELERYTHRINE; CHELIDONINE; CLEOMISCOSIN A; COLCHICINE; COLCHINOL; COPTISINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; GLUCOBRASSICIN; HYOSCYAMINE; HYPERFORIN; HYPERICIN; IBUPROFEN; INDIRUBIN; LADANEIN; MARRUBENOL; MARRUBIIN; MARRUBIINIC ACID; MATRICIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOHYPERICIN; SANGUINARINE; SCOPOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACHILLEA; DRUG INFORMATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DRUG DISCOVERY; ENGLAND; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 82255191794     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: 18785832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2011.07.002     Document Type: Review

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