Ecopharmacognosy

Cordell, Geoffrey A.

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“…Looking back, the word and its meaning were 25 yrs in development. Since 1987, the author 2,[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] , more recently in collaboration with Colvard [20][21][22] , has written about "pharmacognosy" from various perspectives, including its societal role, its importance for determining an evidence base for traditional medicine, and its use of cutting edge technologies. In 1993, a new, broad definition of "pharmacognosy" was enunciated, as alluded to earlier, as "the study of biologically active natural products" 10 .…”

Section: What Is Ecopharmacognosy?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…"Ecopharmacognosy", as a term, was introduced as a scientific meeting in Lublin, Poland in May, 2012. It is defined as "the study of sustainable, biologically active natural resources" [17][18][19] . It is both a philosophical approach and a system of scientific practices based on that philosophy.…”

Section: What Is Ecopharmacognosy?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the journey must now begin in earnest……for the future health and safety of the patient, and for the ethical assurances of the practitioner. One of the very first barriers encountered to the development of enhanced traditional medicine quality control is to recognize that the social and economic systems, as presently constructed and portrayed, are built on a series of myths [16][17][18] . A myth is defined as: "an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution" (www.dictionary.com).…”

Section: Myths Of Traditional Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, there is the application of Good Agricultural and Collection Practices, Good Laboratory Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Clinical Practices in developing a particular product. Ecopharmacognosy has both a philosophical and a practical role to play in each of these areas, and some examples, mostly from our collaborative studies, will be presented briefly [16][17][18] .…”

Section: Developing Standards For Traditional Medicinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Four other examples of the practical influence of ecopharmacognosy will be presented 17,18 . The secondary metabolic biosynthetic genes of plants are poorly known at this point.…”

Section: Practical Aspects Of Ecopharmacognosymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ecopharmacognosy and the globalization of traditional medicines

Cordell¹

2014

Planta Med

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It provides a philosophical and practical framework for developing new strategies and scientific perspectives which can assure global healthcare product accessibility and beneficial outcomes. Here, the sustainable precepts of ecopharmacognosy to develop improved traditional medicinal agents for globalization, based on a holistic approach to technology integration, will be presented. Plants remain a primary source of healthcare for the majority of patients in the world. However, they are typically used with minimal quality control. In addition, there are many tropical diseases, as well as multidrug-resistant organisms, requiring drug discovery programs. To address these needs, ecopharmacognosy approaches and network pharmacology must enhance the quality, assure the safety, demonstrate efficacy, and provide consistency (QSEC), and explore the many diverse effects of individual and complex products at the gene level. Field-based instruments are being deployed to assess natural materials noninvasively, and spectroscopic and chromatographic procedures are in development to analyze quantitatively single and multi-component plant mixtures for established bioactive markers. Combining contemporary technologies and sustainability considerations, as aspects of ecopharmacognosy, are important strategies to enhance the quality control of traditional medicines for improved patient care.

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Section: What Is Ecopharmacognosy?mentioning

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Section: Myths Of Traditional Medicinementioning

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Section: Developing Standards For Traditional Medicinesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Four other examples of the practical influence of ecopharmacognosy will be presented 17,18 . The secondary metabolic biosynthetic genes of plants are poorly known at this point.…”

Section: Practical Aspects Of Ecopharmacognosymentioning

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Ecopharmacognosy and the globalization of traditional medicines

Cordell¹

2014

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The contemporary nexus of medicines security and bioprospecting: a future perspective for prioritizing the patient

Cordell

2024

Nat. Prod. Bioprospect.

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Reacting to the challenges presented by the evolving nexus of environmental change, defossilization, and diversified natural product bioprospecting is vitally important for advancing global healthcare and placing patient benefit as the most important consideration. This overview emphasizes the importance of natural and synthetic medicines security and proposes areas for global research action to enhance the quality, safety, and effectiveness of sustainable natural medicines. Following a discussion of some contemporary factors influencing natural products, a rethinking of the paradigms in natural products research is presented in the interwoven contexts of the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolutions and based on the optimization of the valuable assets of Earth. Following COP28, bioprospecting is necessary to seek new classes of bioactive metabolites and enzymes for chemoenzymatic synthesis. Focus is placed on those performance and practice modifications which, in a sustainable manner, establish the patient, and the maintenance of their prophylactic and treatment needs, as the priority. Forty initiatives for natural products in healthcare are offered for the patient and the practitioner promoting global action to address issues of sustainability, environmental change, defossilization, quality control, product consistency, and neglected diseases to assure that quality natural medicinal agents will be accessible for future generations. Graphical Abstract

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Alice, Benzene, and Coffee: The ABCs of Ecopharmacognosy

Cordell

2015

Natural Product Communications

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The sesquicentennial celebrations of the publication of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and the structure of benzene offer a unique opportunity to develop a contemporary interpretation of aspects of Alice's adventures, illuminate the symbolism of benzene, and contextualize both with the globalization of coffee, transitioning to how the philosophy and sustainable practices of ecopharmacognosy may be applied to modulating approaches to the quality, safety, efficacy, and consistency (QSEC) of traditional medicines and dietary supplements through technology integration, thereby improving patient-centered health care.

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Ecopharmacognosy

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Ecopharmacognosy and the globalization of traditional medicines

Ecopharmacognosy and the globalization of traditional medicines

The contemporary nexus of medicines security and bioprospecting: a future perspective for prioritizing the patient

Alice, Benzene, and Coffee: The ABCs of Ecopharmacognosy

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