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Abstract
Conventional methods in this field include identifying and screening compounds in a laboratory setting with cells and animals, and then moving on to clinical trials with promising compounds. To complicate the issue with these methods, effective compounds might not exist in the original herbals, multiple components might be involved with outcomes, long study period and high cost. The method described above might bypass bottlenecks such as, 1) promising compounds are identified from test patients who demonstrate preferred and safe results, 2) more than one compound might be identified, 3) safe and effective compounds might be metabolites and not exist in herbals. The process includes a website to collect clinical information. The promising compounds can be determined by analyzing common components from patients. Both internal and external tests could be done with promising compounds, the entire process would be very efficient and economical.
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(2016) Method of discovery of effective components in herbals based on evidence by reversed-directed analysis. PeerJ Preprints 4:e1902v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.1902v1Additional Information
Competing Interests
Author is a self-employed physician at a medical clinic called ACE CARE.
Author Contributions
Jianyi Zhang wrote the paper, prepared figures and/or tables, reviewed drafts of the paper.
Patent Disclosures
The following patent dependencies were disclosed by the authors:
Patent pending: Jianyi Zhang (US: 14866924), (PCT: PCT/US16/20789).
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The author received no funding for this work.
