新世紀中藥研發之新趨勢

Research and Discovery Trends of Chinese Medicine in the New Century

中藥及其替代療法現已風行全球。利用中藥以研發高品質之健康食品與有效、安全之新藥，藉以改善生活品質，預防疾病，治療慢性病與老年病，以及西醫束手無策的疑難雜症，已成為一種新趨勢。高品質健康食品之生產端賴乎嚴謹之品質管制。由中藥開發出有效安全之世界級新藥可通過三個途徑：有如西藥之純化合物療效成分，活性部位，及經過現代科技確認有效且安全之中藥方劑。本演講將針對上述之研發趨勢、方法與展望，舉例說明。Chinese medicine and other alternative therapies are widely used throughout the world. Thus, a current research trend is to use Chinese Materia Medica (CMM) for the discovery and development of high quality dietary supplements, as well as effective and safe new drugs in order to improve quality of life, prevent illness, and treat chronic, age-related, as well as recalcitrant diseases, which are hard to treat with Western medicine. The production of high quality dietary supplements requires stringent quality control, and there are three approaches for developing effective safe world-class medicines from CMM. These approaches include the development of pure single active principles, active fractions, and effective, and safe traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) formulations verified by modern scientific technology. This lecture will focus on the discussion and illustration of the trends involved in the research and development methodology as well as new perspectives.