From shaman to human clinical trials: the role of industry in ethnobotany, conservation and community reciprocity.
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Summary
Shaman Pharmaceuticals is a development-stage company engaged in developing traditional pharmaceuticals identified through a discovery process focused on isolating active compounds from tropical plants with a history of medicinal use, which has resulted in two products in clinical trials.
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- article
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- 1994-01-01
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Keywords
Ethnobotany, Traditional medicine, Drug discovery, Medicinal plants, Indigenous
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