Ethnopharmacology – active substances and medicines

Traditional medicines and globalization: current and future perspectives in ethnopharmacology

The ethnopharmacological approach toward the understanding and appraisal of traditional and herbal medicines is characterized by the inclusions of the social as well as the natural sciences. Anthropological field-observations describing the local use of nature-derived medicines are the basis for ethnopharmacological enquiries. The multidisciplinary scientific validation of indigenous drugs is o...

Value chains of herbal medicines--research needs and key challenges in the context of ethnopharmacology.

BACKGROUND Value chain analyses are commonly used to understand socioeconomic and power relationships in the production chain from the initial starting material to a final (generally high value) product. These analyses help in terms of understanding economic processes but also have been used in the context of socioeconomic and socioecological research. AIMS OF THE STUDY However, there is a ga...

Determination of the biologically active flavour substances thujone and camphor in foods and medicines containing sage (Salvia officinalis L.)

BACKGROUND The sage plant Salvia officinalis L. is used as ingredient in foods and beverages as well as in herbal medicinal products. A major use is in the form of aqueous infusions as sage tea, which is legal to be sold as either food or medicine. Sage may contain two health relevant substances, thujone and camphor. The aim of this study was to develop and validate an analytical methodology to...

Medical Uses: Biologically Active Substances

Investigation of Chiral Active Substances

Status Last revised 1993 Previous titles/other references Clinical Investigation of Chiral Active Substances/ III/3501/91 Additional Notes This note for guidance considers active substances with one or more stereogenic centres which display chirality but not constitutional isomerism or cis/trans isomerism. It should be read in conjunction with Directive 65/65/EEC as amended and Directive 75/318...