Validation of Traditional Medicinal Practices Through Modern Scientific Approach: A Case for Reconsideration

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AMR research: a perspective from personal experience

“…Exploring natural products for anti-pathogenic activity can be tricky: While traditional medicine (TM) can offer potent leads against various diseases including antibiotic-resistant infections, the wholistic philosophy of TM largely mismatches with the reductionist approach of modern drug discovery programmes ( 3 ). Concepts like hormesis (non-linear dose-response patterns) and ‘multiplicity of targets’ have to be understood by the researcher dealing with polyherbal formulations or multicomponent plant extracts.…”