Karachi: National and international scientists have
underscored the importance and efficacy of drugs of plants, and said that the
drugs of plant origin have served the ages as the mainstay in the treatment of
human ailments and preservation of health.
They stressed the need for carrying out more research work
on medicinal plants for developing more effective remedies for the treatment of
various diseases. They were speaking on Monday on the third day of the 4-day
13th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, being held at
the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi
University (KU).
Around 600 national and foreign scientists and researchers
from 40 countries are participating in the symposium, which is considered as
one of the most prestigious international events in the field of natural
product sciences. The aim of the symposium is to bring together the leading
experts in the field of natural products sciences from all around the world and
form global partnership for sustainable utilization of natural resources for
the common benefits of humanity and rapid development of the countries in the
south.
Prof. Dr. Bina Siddiqui of ICCBS, in her plenary lecture,
said that the drugs of plant origin have served the ages in the treatment of
human ailments, while most of the indigenous medicine began as myth but
developed with time as the complex science of modern medicine. She said, “The
documented records of this journey cover the Indian, Chinese, Sumerian,
Egyptian and Assyrian civilization followed by Greco-Roman, Arabian, Medieval
and modern periods. The importance of natural products, particularly those
derived form plants for drug discovery research and development grew with time.
Although there have been a shifting of interest during this course towards
obtaining synthetic compounds as therapeutic agents but as a matter of fact
certain plant derived agents were never surpassed and remain valued medicines
to day.A major reason being that the complex natural molecules, the nature
continues to make have never been imagined by human.”
Senior professor of ICCBS, Prof. Dr. Viqar Uddin Ahmed, in
his lecture, highlighted his research work conducted on the chemical
constituents of medicinal plants of Malaysia, Turkey and Pakistan. Prof. Alain
Kreif, Dr. Mike D. Threadgill, Dr. Banasri Hazara and many others also spoke on
the occasion.
Texto: Farhan Khan
Data: 23.09.2012
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