Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53251#.VLh-BMnQrzE Author(s) Nelly Tovar Betancourt 1 , Lucila García-Contreras 2 , Tonatiuh Alejandro Cruz Sánchez 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuautitlán Izcalli, México . 2 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA . ABSTRACT In light of the scarcity of novel therapeutic agents that are effective, the pharmaceutical industry has found a newer source of therapeutic compounds in natural products and herbal medicine to address the current health problems in humans and animals. What is particularly promising about these agents is that they produce fewer side effects and are more cost effective than synthetic compounds. This means greater availability of these treatments particularly for less develope...
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