Abstract “If only they had chosen to develop natural product drugs in a sustainable manner
at the turn of the century”. In 2050, when the Earth has a population of at least 9 billion, will …

Nature has abundant source of drugs that need to be identified/purified for use as essential
biologics, either individually or in combination in the modern medical field. These drugs are …

Over the past two decades natural products drug discovery has been increasingly de-
emphasized by pharmaceutical companies. Although heralded on the verge of a comeback …

An in-depth exploration of the applications of plant bioactive metabolites in drug research
and development Highlighting the complexity and applications of plant bioactive metabolites …

Over the ages, humans have relied on nature for their basic needs for the production of
foodstuffs, shelters, clothing, means of transportation, fertilizers, flavors and fragrances, and …

Natural products have historically been an extremely productive source for new medicines in
all cultures and continue to deliver a great variety of structural templates for drug discovery …

Nature stands as an inexhaustible source of novel chemotypes and pharmacophores, and
has been a source of medicinal agents for thousands of years, and an impressive number of …

Historically, most drugs have been derived from natural products, but there has been a shift
away from their use with the increasing predominance of molecular approaches to drug …

The screening and testing of extracts against a variety of pharmacological targets in order to
benefit from the immense natural chemical diversity is a concern in many laboratories …

Although traditionally natural products have played an important role in drug discovery, in
the past few years most Big Pharma companies have either terminated or considerably …