Researchers talk about the potential benefits of Chinese plants and their medicinal effectiveness

Announcing the publication of a new article for BIO integration iris. In this review article the authors Xiuling Li, Shunung Liang, Chee Hwee Tan, Shuwen Cao, Xiaoding Xu, Phei Er Saw and Wei Tao from Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou Chinese Medicine University, Guangzhou , China and Center for Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA discuss the potential benefits of four Chinese plants and increase their therapeutic efficacy with the intervention of nanotechnology.

Natural products derived from plants were used to treat various human diseases long before modern medicine was treated. The foundation of modern medicine is still inspired by traditional medicine and remedies.

However, despite their tremendous therapeutic potential, these natural drugs often have poor bioavailability, metabolic instability, and aqueous instability. These factors significantly hamper the trading potential of a natural drug as a conventional medicine. Therefore, the development of nanocarrier drug delivery systems is necessary to overcome the various constraints of the bottles that appear with natural drugs.

In this review article the authors discuss four plant products that exist in China with common names of herb or horned goat herb (Epimedium), Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia glutinosa, RG), ginseng (Panax ginseng), and Dong Quai or female ginseng (Angelica sinensis, AS). Each has been scientifically studied for a wide range of medicinal practices originally discovered from the long history of traditional use and descriptive information by local population groups in Asia.

The integration of natural drugs from Eastern and nanocarrier drug delivery systems developed from the West paves the way towards more accurate and effective medical treatment.