Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings

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Autor(a) principal: Carmona,Fabio
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Pereira,Ana Maria Soares
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia (Online)
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Resumo: Men have been using herbal medicines for thousands of years. The advantages of this type of therapeutics include good availability, local cultural aspects, individual preferences, the increasing demand for natural and organic products, and the already validated synergistic effects of herbal medicines. However, ethically, the scope and limits of these drugs need to be established not only by ethnopharmacological evidences but also by scientific investigations, which confirm the therapeutic effects. With this study, we propose to discuss the possible advantages of using herbal medicines instead of purified compounds, the truth and myths about herbal medicines, drug discovery, and the implications for medical education and health care.
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title Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings
spellingShingle Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings
Carmona,Fabio
medicinal plant
phytotherapy
standardization
synergism
herbal drug
complementary medicine
title_short Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings
title_full Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings
title_fullStr Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings
title_full_unstemmed Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings
title_sort Herbal medicines: old and new concepts, truths and misunderstandings
author Carmona,Fabio
author_facet Carmona,Fabio
Pereira,Ana Maria Soares
author_role author
author2 Pereira,Ana Maria Soares
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Carmona,Fabio
Pereira,Ana Maria Soares
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv medicinal plant
phytotherapy
standardization
synergism
herbal drug
complementary medicine
topic medicinal plant
phytotherapy
standardization
synergism
herbal drug
complementary medicine
description Men have been using herbal medicines for thousands of years. The advantages of this type of therapeutics include good availability, local cultural aspects, individual preferences, the increasing demand for natural and organic products, and the already validated synergistic effects of herbal medicines. However, ethically, the scope and limits of these drugs need to be established not only by ethnopharmacological evidences but also by scientific investigations, which confirm the therapeutic effects. With this study, we propose to discuss the possible advantages of using herbal medicines instead of purified compounds, the truth and myths about herbal medicines, drug discovery, and the implications for medical education and health care.
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