Plants of the Russian Federation pharmacopeia: an unexhausted natural products research opportunity?

Nat Prod Res. 2021 Nov;35(21):3525-3527. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1727474. Epub 2020 Feb 21.

Abstract

32 medicinal plants that are unique to the Russian Pharmacopeia have 693 isolated natural products associated with them (an average of 21.66 compounds per plant). This is in contrast to the US Pharmacopeia plants that have delivered 2366 known natural products (an average of 42.25 compounds per plant).

Keywords: Natural products; Russian Pharmacopeia; US Pharmacopeia; scaffold clustering; unique medicinal plants.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Products*
  • Plants, Medicinal*
  • Russia

Substances

  • Biological Products