Historical story on natural medicinal chemistry of ginkgolides
10.7501/j.issn.0253-2670.2013.06.001
- Author:
Rui-Xia GUO
1
Author Information
1. College of Chemical Engineering
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Anti-aging;
Ginkgolides;
Natural medicines;
New drug discovery;
Research history
- From:
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs
2013;44(6):641-645
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Natural medicines play an important role in keeping the healthy of human beings from past till now. Recently, the importance of natural medicines in research and development of new drugs has been attracted the attention of scientists. The research and development of anti-aging drugs from natural products have captured more and more attention. In this paper, the historical story on the discovery and study of the famous natural anti-aging drug-ginkgolides is summarized in memory of the great discoveries and in honor of the scientists so as to provide the reference for future related research.