Traditional Chinese medicines and new drug development
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The recent study of the traditional medicines in China has given us confidence that what was recorded in Chinese ancient medical literature through empirical observations is indeed still coincident with modem chemistry, pharmacology and medicine. An antimalarial drug, artemether, and an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, huperzine A, are exemplified.
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