Phillipson J D, Anderson L A
Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, London, U.K.
J Ethnopharmacol. 1989 Feb;25(1):61-72. doi: 10.1016/0378-8741(89)90045-7.
The contribution of plants to western medicine is briefly considered using alkaloids as examples of one class of pharmacologically active natural product. Plants and plant products are present in 14 of the 15 therapeutic categories of pharmaceutical preparations which are currently recommended to medical practitioners in the U.K. and they form an important part of our health-care system in the western world. There is considerable scope for new drug discovery from traditional medicines which are used throughout the world and some recent developments are commented upon and conclusions are made.
以生物碱作为一类具有药理活性的天然产物的例子，简要探讨了植物对西方医学的贡献。在目前英国推荐给医生的15类药物制剂的治疗类别中，有14类含有植物和植物产品，它们构成了西方世界医疗保健系统的重要组成部分。从世界各地使用的传统药物中发现新药的空间很大，文中对一些最新进展进行了评论并得出了结论。
