Natural products for lead identification: Nature is a valuable resource for providing tools
Susanne Grabley, Isabel Sattler · Birkhäuser Basel eBooks · 2003
About 30% of drugs on the worldwide market are natural products or are derived from natural products. A similar ratio accounts for clinical candidates currently under development. Though recombinant proteins and peptides account for an increasing market volume, the superiority of low-molecular mass compounds in human diseases therapy remains undisputed mainly due to more favorable compliance and bioavailability properties. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.