JOURNAL OF THE CZECH PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY AND THE SLOVAK PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY

Čes. slov. farm. 2013, 62(2):99-102

Prolegomenon of the Czech pharmacognosy: 21st century

Lubomír Opletal
Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Farmaceutická fakulta Hradec Králové

The paper analyzes the basic features of the development of pharmacognosy as the oldest profile subject of pharmacy primarily in Europe during the 20th century. Historical consequences of its development are declared, which should create the basis for its embedment, new content and tasks in Czech pharmacy of the 21st century, especially in education at Czech universities.

Keywords: pharmacognosy; critical view; advancement in the CR; conceptuality

Received: February 7, 2013; Accepted: February 28, 2013; Published: February 1, 2013  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
Opletal L. Prolegomenon of the Czech pharmacognosy: 21st century. Čes. slov. farm. 2013;62(2):99-102.
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Kinghorn A. D. Pharmacognosy in 21st century. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 2001; 53, 135-148. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    2. Newman D. J., Cragg G. M. Natural products as sources of new drugs over the last 25 years. J. Nat. Prod. 2007; 70, 461-477. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    3. Evans W. C. Trease and Evans' Pharmacognosy, 14th. London: WB Saunders Company Ltd. 1996.
    4. Hocking G. M. A Dictionary of Natural Products. Medford: Plexus Publishing Inc. 1997.
    5. Schneider W. Geschichte der Pharmazeutischen Chemie. Weinheim: Verlag Chemie 1972.
    6. Opletal L., Opletalová, V. Lék a jeho vývoj v dějinách. Praha: Karolinum 1999.
    7. Tyler V. E., Brady L. R., Robbers J. E. Pharmacognosy. 9th. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger 1988.
    8. Clark A. M. Natural products as a resource for new drugs. Pharm. Res. 1996; 13, 1133-1141. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    9. Bruhn J. G., Bohlin, L. Molecular pharmacognosy: an explanatory model. Drug Discov. Today 1997; 2, 243-246. Go to original source...
    10. Shellard E. J. History of British pharmacognosy. Part 3. The unfortunate phoenix, 1950-1980. Pharm. J. 1981; 226, 406-414.
    11. Barnes, J. Pharmacognosy in the 21st Century. Pharm. J. 2000; 264, 701-703.
    12. De Smet P. A. G. M. The role of plant-derived drugs and herbal medicines in health care. Drugs 1997; 54, 801-840. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    13. Tyler V. E. The new age of herbals: a pharmacognosy renaissance. J. Am. Pharm. Assoc. 1999; 39, 11-12. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    14. Houghton P. J. Use of small scale bioassays in the discovery of novel drugs from natural sources. Phytother. Res. 2000; 14, 419-423. Go to original source...
    15. Nichols D. E., McLaughlin J. L. Brine shrimp: a convenient general bioassay for active plant constituents. Planta Med. 1982; 41, 31-34. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    16. Meyer B. N., Ferrigni N. R., Putnam J. E., Jacobsen L. B., Newman D. J., Cragg G. M., Snader K. M. The influence of natural products upon drug discovery. Nat. Prod. Rep. 2000; 17, 215-234. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    17. Koenig G. M., Wright A. D. Marine natural products research: current directions and future potential. Planta Med. 1996; 62, 193-211. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    18. Faulkner D. J. Marine natural products. Nat. Prod. Rep. 1996; 13, 75-125. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    19. Glaser K. B., Mayer A. M. S. A renaissance in marine pharmacology: from preclinical curiosity to clinical reality. Biochem. Pharmacol. 2009; 78, 440-448. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    20. Farnsworth, N. R. The present and future of pharmacognosy. Am. J. Pharm. Educ. 1979; 43, 239-243. Go to original source...
    21. Cragg G. M., Newman D. J., Snader K. M. Natural products in drug discovery and development. J. Nat. Prod. 1997; 60, 52-60. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    22. Kinghorn A. D., Fong H. H. S., Farnsworth N. R., Mehta R. G., Moon R. C., Moriarty R. M., Pezzuto J. M. Cancer chemopreventive agents discovered by activity guided fractionation: a review. Curr. Org. Chem. 1998; 2, 597-612. Go to original source...
    23. Kinghorn A. D., Farnsworth N. R., Soejarto D. D., Cordell G. A., Pezzuto J. M., Udeani G. O., Wani M. C., Wall M. E., Navarro H. A., Kramer R. A., Menendez A. T., Fairchild C. R., Lane K. E., Forenza S., Vyas D. M., Lam K. S., Shu Y.-Z. Novel strategies for the discovery of plant-derived anticancer agents. Pure Appl. Chem. 1999; 71, 1611-1618. Go to original source...
    24. Fabricant D. S., Farnsworth N. R. The value of plants used in traditional medicine for drug discovery. Environ. Health Perspect. 2001; 109(Suppl. 1), 69-75. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    25. Verpoorte R. Pharmacognosy in the new millennium: lead-finding and biotechnology. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 2000; 52, 253-262. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...
    26. Jones W. P., Chin Y.-W., Kinghorn A. D. The role of pharmacognosy in modern medicine and pharmacy. Curr. Drug Targets 2006; 7, 247-264. Go to original source... Go to PubMed...

    Return to the content


    Czech and Slovak Pharmacy

    Madam, Sir,
    please be aware that the website on which you intend to enter, not the general public because it contains technical information about medicines, including advertisements relating to medicinal products. This information and communication professionals are solely under §2 of the Act n.40/1995 Coll. Is active persons authorized to prescribe or supply (hereinafter expert).
    Take note that if you are not an expert, you run the risk of danger to their health or the health of other persons, if you the obtained information improperly understood or interpreted, and especially advertising which may be part of this site, or whether you used it for self-diagnosis or medical treatment, whether in relation to each other in person or in relation to others.

    I declare:

    1. that I have met the above instruction
    2. I'm an expert within the meaning of the Act n.40/1995 Coll. the regulation of advertising, as amended, and I am aware of the risks that would be a person other than the expert input to these sites exhibited

    No
    Yes

    If your statement is not true, please be aware
    that brings the risk of danger to their health or the health of others.