Consideration on non-clinical safety evaluation of traditional Chinese medicine
10.3867/j.issn.1000-3002.2016.12.013
- VernacularTitle:中药新药非临床安全性研究和评价的思考
- Author:
Xiaobo CEN
;
Ling HAN
- Keywords:
non-clinical safety evaluation;
traditional Chinese medicine;
toxicity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology
2016;30(12):1343-1358
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Safety,efficacy and quality control are the three essential elements for drugs,including traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). Currently,rapid development of life sciences,medicine and phar?macy provides new prospects for TCM. Considering the long history of TCM application,modern phar? macology and toxicology, global standards and expectations on the safety of TCM, how to evaluate the safety of TCM scientifically has become a key to the research and development of TCM. This review aims to discuss current technical requirements of non-clinical safety study of TCM as well as the challenges.
