| Literature DB >> 35182736 |
Boshi Huang1, Yan Zhang2.
Abstract
Given the substantial cost and low success rate of drug discovery and development, repositioning existing drugs to treat new diseases has gained significant attention in recent years, with potentially lower development costs and shorter time frames. Natural products show great promise in drug repositioning because they have been used for various medical purposes for thousands of years. In this review, we discuss the drug repositioning of six prototypical natural products and their derivatives to reveal new drug-disease associations. We also highlight opportunities and challenges in natural product-based drug repositioning for future reference.Entities:
Keywords: Drug discovery and development; Drug repositioning; Natural products; New drug-disease associations
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35182736 PMCID: PMC9232944 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2022.02.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drug Discov Today ISSN: 1359-6446 Impact factor: 8.369