An update on the strategies in multicomponent activity monitoring within the phytopharmaceutical field

Abstract

Background: To-date modern drug research has focused on the discovery and synthesis of single active substances. However, multicomponent preparations are gaining increasing importance in the phytopharmaceutical field by demonstrating beneficial properties with respect to efficacy and toxicity.

Bioprospecting and Drug Development, Parameters for a Rational Search and Validation of Biodiversity

“…These molecules have been developed by the evolutionary pressure on biosynthetic pathways which results in a large and exuberant chemical diversity with potent biological activity [1]. Equally, due to secondary metabolites are involved in defense and signaling, are of pharmacological importance and a great starting points for obtention of new drugs with high impact on chemical biology and pharmaceutical industry [2,3].…”