eCAM Advance Access originally published online on August 18, 2004
eCAM 2004 1(3):215-217; doi:10.1093/ecam/neh032
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Drug Discovery, CAM and Natural Products
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Drug Discovery: Is it Relevant to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)? |
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This editorial is related to two papers in volume 1 issue 2 of eCAM and to others concerned with molecules derived from terrestrial and marine species (1–15). These papers focus on natural products, especially those derived from the sea. Therefore, it is appropriate to apply the contributions of these papers, since they can offer a different perspective. It is, indeed, a matter of great coincidence that these papers are being published at a time when eCAM is making extensive efforts to highlight this subject, which occupies an important place in biomedicine and has enormous potential. This situation in which the focus, at least of publications, is on animal products, is in marked contrast to that of botanicals and herbals—qua plant-derived molecules, the available literature on which may be considered immense and sometimes focused in highly
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Historical Approaches to Antibiotics—A Template for CAM? |
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The Oceans are a Rich Source of Natural Products that are Potential Medicinals—Natural Product Formulations Available in Europe for Psychotropic Indications |
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Drugs from the Sea: Harvesting the Results of Aeons of Chemical Evolution |
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Professor and Editor-in-Chief, Laboratory of Comparative Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1763, USA. Tel: 310-825-9567; Fax: 310-825-2224. E-mail: ecam@mednet.ucla.edu
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