Fármacos e fitoterápicos: a necessidade do desenvolvimento da indústria de fitoterápicos e fitofármacos no Brasil Pharmaceutics and phytotherapics: the need for development of the industry of phytopharmaceutics and phytotherapics in Brazil

<abstract language="eng">We discuss briefly the development and the present status of medicinal chemistry. In this context, we consider the therapeutic possibilities of the phytotherapy. On the basis of this analysis, the development of the phytopharmaceutical industry in Brazil is s...

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Main Authors: Rosendo A. Yunes, Rozangela Curi Pedrosa, Valdir Cechinel Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2001-02-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422001000100025
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Summary:<abstract language="eng">We discuss briefly the development and the present status of medicinal chemistry. In this context, we consider the therapeutic possibilities of the phytotherapy. On the basis of this analysis, the development of the phytopharmaceutical industry in Brazil is shown to be of essential importance for both the university and the Country due to the human and technological resources involved.
ISSN:0100-4042
1678-7064