Medicinal plants in therapy

One of the prerequisites for the success of primary health care is the availability and use of suitable drugs. Plants have always been a common source of medicaments, either in the form of traditional preparations or as pure active principles. It is thus reasonable for decision-makers to identify lo...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1985, Vol.63 (6), p.965-981
Main Authors: FARNSWORTH, N. R, AKERELE, O, BINGEL, A. S, SOEJARTO, D. D, ZHENGANG GUO
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Drug Evaluation, Preclinical - methods
Humans
Medical sciences
Medicine, Traditional
Miscellaneous
Plants, Medicinal
Primary Health Care
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Species Specificity
Tropical medicine
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Summary:One of the prerequisites for the success of primary health care is the availability and use of suitable drugs. Plants have always been a common source of medicaments, either in the form of traditional preparations or as pure active principles. It is thus reasonable for decision-makers to identify locally available plants or plant extracts that could usefully be added to the national list of drugs, or that could even replace some pharmaceutical preparations that need to be purchased and imported. This update article presents a list of plant-derived drugs, with the names of the plant sources, and their actions or uses in therapy.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604