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Discovery and resupply of pharmacologically active plant-derived natural products: A review

Biotechnology Advances · December 2015

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A review of how pharmacologically active compounds are discovered in plants, covering ethnopharmacology-guided selection, screening strategies and analytical methods. It also addresses the practical problem of securing enough material for development, discussing options such as cultivation, synthesis and biotechnological production.

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Atanasov AG, Waltenberger B, Pferschy-Wenzig EM, Linder T, Wawrosch C, Uhrin P, et al. Discovery and resupply of pharmacologically active plant-derived natural products: A review. Biotechnology Advances. 2015;33(8):1582-1614. doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.08.001

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