Drug Discovery and Traditional Chinese Medicine

1. Front Matter

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2. Approaching Traditional Chinese Medicine: Inheritance and Exploration

   • Yongzheng Hui

   Pages 1-12

3. Floras, Plant Conservation and China’s Future

   • Peter H. Raven

   Pages 13-18

4. Natural Products Drug Discovery and Development at the United States National Cancer Institute

   • Gordon M. Cragg, David J. Newman

   Pages 19-32

5. The Global Importance of Plants as Sources of Medicines and the Future Potential of Chinese Plants

   • James S. Miller

   Pages 33-42

6. Food, Medicinal Plants, and other Edible Materials as Sources of Bioactive Compounds that Enhance Metabolic Fitness and Improve Health

   • Steven C. Bobzin, Paul Burn

   Pages 43-54

7. Regions in China Rich in Resource for Medicinal Plants

   • Zuojun Jiang, Lincheng Ma

   Pages 55-60

8. The Camptothecin Experience: From Chinese Medicinal Plants to Potent Anti-Cancer Drugs

   • Stringner S. Yang, Gordon M. Cragg, David J. Newman

   Pages 61-74

9. Approaches for Evaluation of Immune-Modulating and Anti-Tumor Bioactivities in Chinese Medicinal Herbal Extracts

   • Pei-Fen Su, Sheng-Yang Wang, Chih-Chien Hsu, Show-Jane Sun, Yuan Lin, Pei-Ling Kang et al.

   Pages 75-82

10. Using Transcription Factor Based Assays to Study Herbal Products

    • David S. Pasco

    Pages 83-87

11. Molecular Basis for Medicinal Actions of Androgens and Green Tea Epigallocatechin Gallate

    • Shutsung Liao, Yung-Hsi Kao, Mai T. Dang, Ching Song, Junichi Fukuchi, John M. Kokontis et al.

    Pages 89-96

12. Studies on Chemical Components and their Pharmacological Activities of Panax Ginseng Root

    • Li-Xiangao, Li Xiang, Lei Jun

    Pages 97-109

13. Antibacterial Synergy in Rubricine: An Extract from the Roots of Arnebia Euchroma a Chinese Medicinal Herb

    • Spencer A. Benson, Brian P. Higgins, Chi S. Chae, Yuan Lin

    Pages 111-123

14. On the Quality Assessment of Chinese Patent Medicine

    • Peishan Xie, Yuzhen Yan

    Pages 125-136

15. Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Needs Five Finger Mountain and Golden Head Ring

    • Paul Pui-Hay But

    Pages 137-144

16. A Practical Comprehensive Approach to Chinese Medicine Research

    • P. C. Leung, K. P. Fung

    Pages 145-149

17. Back to Nature: The Alternative Paradigm for Drug Development

    • Jasjit S. Bindra, Frank C. Sciavolino, David B. Maclean, Paul A. Armond, Pierre G. Etienne

    Pages 151-156

18. Global Market for Botanical Products

    • Peggy Brevoort

    Pages 157-168

19. Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Medicinal Herbs

    • Michael Chang

    Pages 169-176

20. Traditional Chinese Medicines: Regulatory and Scientific Challenges

    • Mark Edgar

    Pages 177-190

The "First International Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine: Science, Regulation and Globalization" was held from August 30 to September 2, 2000 at the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland. There were approximately 250 participants from the Peoples Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States. This objective of this conference was to promote international collaboration for the modernization of Traditional Chinese herbal medicines (TCM) and their introduction into the global health care system. It was mainly sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the NllI National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). It was organized by Dr. William Tai, then director of the Institute of Global Chinese Affairs at the University of Maryland and Dr. Yuan Lin, president of Marco Polo Technologies, Bethesda, MD. This conference was conceived by Dr. Tai two years earlier recognizing that this was an appropriate time and also the unique location of the University of Maryland. Today, there is a growing recognition of the of alternative medicine in modem societies and the rapid loss of importance knowledge about traditional methods for the treatment of the multitude of human illnesses found throughout the world. TCM has been in common use in China for thousands of years; and many of its formulations are well defined.

• Chinese Medicine
• Drogen
• World Health Organization
• assessment
• traditional Chinese medicine

• Institute for Global Chinese Affairs, University of Maryland, USA

  Yuan Lin

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