3.1 INTRODUCTION
Plant-derived drugs have played an important role in the health and wellness benefits. Traditional practice may include psychological, spiritual, and cultural elements, as well as medical elements. Despite the increasing use of herbal medicines, there is still a significant lack of research data in this field. A survey of the literature revealed that the plant has been recommended for use in various traditional systems of medicine for the treatment of diseases. It is becoming increasingly evident that herbs and botanicals are beneficial to the human health. Of particular interests are analgesic and inflammatory properties. There are a number of published articles medicinal plants selected by WHO (2007), or plant-derived activities may function as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent. A large number of researches have determined the degree of clinical support for the traditional use or folklore medicines. Such evidence is important to determine whether there is a sufficient scientific data for their use to cure the diseases. However, we were still unclear which plant extracts worked like a clinical analgesic and anti-inflammatory agent.
The purpose of this review is to provide a short ethnopharmacological overview together with behavioral antinociceptive (analgesic) assessment in pharmacological applications and to highlight various assessment methods of analgesic properties of medicinal plants. Using this assessment, we hoped to determine the degree of support for each specific extract of medicinal plants.
Soure: Giacinto Bagetta, Marco Cosentino, Marie Tiziana Corasaniti, Shinobu Sakurada (2012); Herbal Medicines: Development and Validation of Plant-derived Medicines for Human Health; CRC Press
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