Bioassays for Screening and Functional Elucidation of Herbal Medicines
This chapter contains sections titled:History of Screening Compounds from Natural Products for Drug DevelopmentBrief Introduction of Enzymes, Receptors, Cells, and Gene ExpressionSelection of BioassayEvaluation of Bioassay Results of Herbal SamplesEnzyme Binding AssayReceptor Binding AssayGene Expression AssaysNew Technologies and other Bioassays for Screening and Mechanism StudyKeys to Functional Mechanism Study of Herbal MedicinesExample 1. Screening and Evaluation of Estrogenic Activity of Herbal MedicinesExample 2. Functional Elucidation of Black Cohosh for Menopause SymptomsReferences
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