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020 _a3388
020 _a9789535109068
024 7 _a10.5772/3388
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041 0 _aeng
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072 7 _aMMG
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100 1 _aEl-Shemy, Hany A.
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245 1 0 _aDrug Discovery
260 _bInTechOpen
_c2013
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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506 0 _aFree-to-read
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520 _aNatural products are a constant source of potentially active compounds for the treatment of various disorders. The Middle East and tropical regions are believed to have the richest supplies of natural products in the world. Plant derived secondary metabolites have been used by humans to treat acute infections, health disorders and chronic illness for tens of thousands of years. Only during the last 100 years have natural products been largely replaced by synthetic drugs. Estimates of 200 000 natural products in plant species have been revised upward as mass spectrometry techniques have developed. For developing countries the identification and use of endogenous medicinal plants as cures against cancers has become attractive. Books on drug discovery will play vital role in the new era of disease treatment using natural products.
540 _aAll rights reserved
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546 _aEnglish
650 7 _aPharmacology
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653 _apharmacology
653 _atoxicology
700 1 _aEl-Shemy, Hany A.
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793 0 _aOAPEN Library.
856 4 0 _uhttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31542
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_zFree-to-read: OAPEN Library: description of the publication
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