Traditional Phytochemistry: Identification of Drug by ‘Taste’
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Traditional Phytochemistry: Identification of Drug by ‘Taste’
Ayurveda, the system of traditional medicine from India, holds that 'Rasa', a concept roughly corresponding to taste, is a basis for identifying pharmacological properties of plants and other materia medica used in Dravyaguna-its system of phytomedicine. This idea has recently found support in studies of ibuprofen, the pharmacological properties of which are similar to those of oleocanthal, bec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nel064