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Bioactive Natural Products from Traditionally used Mexican Plants

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Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants

Part of the book series: Recent Advances in Phytochemistry ((RAPT,volume 29))

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Drug discovery based on the investigation of terrestrial plants for their therapeutic potential has been a goal of mankind since prehistoric times and is a universal feature of human cultures. Traditional methods of trial and error and use of lepto-organic and taxonomic clues have now given way to modern phytochemical and pharmacological methods for drug development. Plant derived natural products are a source of economically important chemicals, clinically useful drugs, leads for synthesis of derivatives and analogues and tools for biochemical investigations of mamalian receptors. They can also be useful “over the counter” remedies for self administration, and therefore could represent effective strategies of health assistance programmes in developing countries.

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    Rogelio Pereda-Miranda

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  2. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coyoacán, México

    Rachel Mata

  3. University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

    John T. Romeo

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Pereda-Miranda, R. (1995). Bioactive Natural Products from Traditionally used Mexican Plants. In: Arnason, J.T., Mata, R., Romeo, J.T. (eds) Phytochemistry of Medicinal Plants. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 29. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1778-2_5

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