In-silico studies in herbal drugs: A review
M Monisha, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, India, Dr. Abhaya Kumar Mishra, Ramesh N V, K Unnikrishna Pillai, VINEETH P. K · Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine · 2018
Bioinformatics is the latest technology in the research field. In-silico studies are done to identify the exact target of the drug. Which finds a drug for the particular binding site and final stage animal testing can be done for obtaining a conform result. Reviews of in-silico studies in herbal drugs were retrieved through the use of PubMed. Specific software on a computer allows researchers to analyse enormous data without actually conducting a large number of experiments. It helps to give the existing information to model disease pathway and identifies precise targets of the selected drugs. Modern instrumental techniques like XRD, XRF, ICP-MS etc. help in quantitative and qualitative estimation of metals and minerals and structural analysis of compound drugs. A later stage in vivo and in vitro studies can be done for obtaining the confirmatory result.