Over the past 100 years, the development and mass production of chemically synthesized drugs have revolutionized health care in most parts of the word. However, large sections of the population in developing countries still rely on traditional practitioners and herbal medicines for their primary care. It is estimated that about 25% of the drugs prescribed worldwide are derived from plants, and 121 such active compounds are in use. Between 2005 and 2007, 13 drugs derived from natural products were approved in the United States. More than 100 natural product-based drugs are in clinical studies, and of the total 252 drugs in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) essential medicine list, 11% are exclusively of plant origin.
Medicinal properties of nutritional and healing plants / L. Verotta. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Eating walking thinking : food on the move tenutosi a Milano nel 2015.
Medicinal properties of nutritional and healing plants
L. VerottaPrimo
2015
Abstract
Over the past 100 years, the development and mass production of chemically synthesized drugs have revolutionized health care in most parts of the word. However, large sections of the population in developing countries still rely on traditional practitioners and herbal medicines for their primary care. It is estimated that about 25% of the drugs prescribed worldwide are derived from plants, and 121 such active compounds are in use. Between 2005 and 2007, 13 drugs derived from natural products were approved in the United States. More than 100 natural product-based drugs are in clinical studies, and of the total 252 drugs in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) essential medicine list, 11% are exclusively of plant origin.
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