The worldwide trend of using botanical drugs and strategies for developing global drugs.
The worldwide trend of using botanical drugs and strategies for developing global drugs.
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DOI：
10.5483/bmbrep.2017.50.3.221
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发表时间：
2017-03
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3.8
通讯作者：
Ahn K
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作者：
Ahn K
天然产物药物或植物药物是由天然物质组成的药物，其中含有具有保健或药用活性的成分。在韩国，政府主导的项目引起了对植物药的关注，振兴了国内植物药产业。随着植物药的重要性日益突出，国外市场也在不断扩大。为了沿着这一趋势，韩国在开发适合全球市场的植物药方面投入了大量的精力。然而，批准药品销售的标准因国家而异。此外，还需要彻底的标准化、认证、临床研究和数据，以及确认安全性和有效性的数据。同时，随着植物药市场国际交流的不断深入，植物资源的重要性也越来越受到重视。因此，国家对国内自然资源的所有权变得至关重要。为了有效地获取自然资源，不仅必须建立一种系统的方法来确保国内植物资源，而且还必须与其他国家合作分享自然资源。韩国开始用植物药显示出明显的效果，用speedwell制成的哮喘/COPD治疗就是一个例子。充足的投资和政府对全球植物药基础设施的积极支持将使韩国的植物药开发达到更高的水平。
Natural product drugs, or botanical drugs, are drugs composed of natural substances which have constituents with health-enhancing or medicinal activities. In Korea, government-led projects brought attention to botanical drugs invigorating domestic botanical drug industry. Foreign markets, as well, are growing bigger as the significance of botanical drugs stood out. To follow along with the tendency, Korea puts a lot of effort on developing botanical drugs suitable for global market. However, standards for approving drug sales vary by countries. And also, thorough standardization, certification, clinical studies and data of these will be required as well as data confirming safety and effectiveness. Meanwhile, as an international exchange in botanical drug market continues, the importance of plant resources was emphasized. Thus countries’ ownership of domestic natural resources became vital. Not only establishing a systematic method to secure domestic plant resources, but also cooperation with other countries on sharing natural resources is essential to procure natural resources effectively. Korea started to show visible results with botanical drugs, and asthma/COPD treatment made out of speedwell is one example. Sufficient investment and government’s active support for basic infrastructure for global botanical drugs will bring Korea to much higher level of botanical drug development.