East meets West: how China almost cured malaria
East meets West: how China almost cured malaria
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DOI：
10.1016/j.endeavour.2008.07.001
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发表时间：
2008-09-01
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0.6
通讯作者：
Burns, William R.
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作者：
Burns, William R.
随着1820年从金鸡纳中分离出奎宁，一种古老的草药疗法被转化为一种化学药物。这是一门新的科学学科-民族药理学-的灵感来源，因为西方科学家开始通过提取草药的有效成分来制造新的、有利可图的药物，从而重新发明传统的草药疗法。中国政府可能会声称许多这样的成功故事都是他们自己的，但这种胜利的故事只揭示了故事的一部分。对另一种抗疟疾草药常山的有效成分的漫长寻找，提供了一个更微妙的叙述，捕捉到了中医和西药之间的复杂相互作用。
With the isolation of quinine from Cinchona in 1820, an ancient herbal cure was transformed into a chemical drug. This was the inspiration for a new scientific discipline - ethnopharmacology - as Western scientists began to reinvent traditional herbal cures by extracting their active principles to make new and profitable drugs. The Chinese government may claim many such success stories as their own, but such triumphant narratives only reveal part of the story. The drawn-out hunt for the active principle of another anti-malarial herb, changshan, or Dichroa febrifuga, offers a more nuanced narrative that captures the complex interplay between traditional Chinese and Western medicine.