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Natural Product-Derived Drugs for the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Natural products have been used as drugs for millennia, and the therapeutic potential of natural products has been studied for more than a century. Since the mid-1880s, approximately 60% of drugs have originated from natural products. Recently, the importance of using natural products has increased,...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204705/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25349576 http://dx.doi.org/10.5217/ir.2014.12.2.103 |
Sumario: | Natural products have been used as drugs for millennia, and the therapeutic potential of natural products has been studied for more than a century. Since the mid-1880s, approximately 60% of drugs have originated from natural products. Recently, the importance of using natural products has increased, as has interest in discovering efficient new drugs. Natural drugs are desirable for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. This review discusses the discovery and development of drugs derived from natural products for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. |
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