Rajan Radhakrishnan
University of Charleston, USA
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Develop Drugs
Studying safety and efficacy of natural product and traditonal medicine formulations using modern medicine methodology is difficult in general. There are several reasons for this. First of all, the underlying principle for treating diseases in major traditional medical systems (TCM, Ayurveda etc.) is fundamentally different from modern medicine. Treatment is often personalized and holistic in traditional medical systems. Therefore, conventional pre-clinical and clinical studies may not be ideal to study safety and efficacy of natural product/traditional medicine modalities. Another major issue is that the natural product drug formulations often contain several ingredients which are mostly herbals. This poses problems with the quality control and standardization of these formulations, which is a requirement for drugs tested using conventional methods. Despite these challenges, several advances have been made in this area in recent years. Major issues facing innovative and translational research in natural product/traditional medicine area, and potential solutions will be discussed in the presentation.
Email: rajanradhakrishnan@ucwv.edu
