Natural, Traditional & Alternative Medicine

Natural Products of Medicinal Interest

It has been well detailed that natural products played critical roles in modern drug development, particularly for antibacterial and antitumor agents. Despite the fact that the synthetic products increased due to its production cost, time viability, quality control, stringent regulation and quick effects, however their safety and adequacy was always remained questionable, resulting in the dependence on the natural products by more than 80% of the total population in the developing world, because of its time tested safety and adequacy. A numerous number of natural product-derived compounds in various stages of clinical development highlighted the existing viability and significance of the utilization of natural products as sources of new drug compounds. Obviously natural products will continue to be extremely important as sources of therapeutic agents. About 20% of the number of population in US takes herbal products, often in the absence of good evidence of their viability.