Drug discovery prospect from untapped species: indications from approved natural product drugs.

Due to extensive bioprospecting efforts of the past and technology factors, there have been questions about drug discovery prospect from untapped species. We analyzed recent trends of approved drugs derived from previously untapped species, which show no sign of untapped drug-productive species bein...

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Main Authors: Feng Zhu, Xiao Hua Ma, Chu Qin, Lin Tao, Xin Liu, Zhe Shi, Cun Long Zhang, Chun Yan Tan, Yu Zong Chen, Yu Yang Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3394748?pdf=render