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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Therapeutic Applications of Natural Products in Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy.

Ashok Kumar Sah, Sakshi Patel, Rahul Kumar, Prem Shankar Mishra, Rakhi Mishra, Abdulkhakov Ikhtiyor Umarovich, Rabab H Elshaikh, Shagun Agarwal, Ashwani Bhardwaj, Ranjay Kumar Choudhary and 1 more

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors.

Ashok Kumar SahDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Applied and Health Sciences, A' Sharqiyah University, Ibra 400, Oman.ORCID 0000-0002-7762-4351
Sakshi PatelFaculty of Pharmacy, Vidya University, Meerut 250005, UP, India.
Rahul KumarFaculty of Pharmacy, Vidya University, Meerut 250005, UP, India.ORCID 0009-0001-0237-3201
Prem Shankar MishraFaculty of Pharmacy, Vidya University, Meerut 250005, UP, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3797-1575
Rakhi MishraNoida Institute of Engineering and Technology (Pharmacy Institute), Greater Noida 201306, UP, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9292-3448
Abdulkhakov Ikhtiyor UmarovichDepartment of Faculty and Hospital Therapy, Bukhara State Medical Institute, Bukhara 200100, Uzbekistan.
Rabab H ElshaikhDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Applied and Health Sciences, A' Sharqiyah University, Ibra 400, Oman.ORCID 0000-0003-0973-8661
Shagun AgarwalSchool of Allied Health Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida 203201, UP, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4265-2958
Ashwani BhardwajDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, Kalpana Chawala Govt Polytechnic for Women, Ambala City 134003, HR, India.
Ranjay Kumar ChoudharyDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, College of Applied and Health Sciences, A' Sharqiyah University, Ibra 400, Oman.
Ayman Hussein AlfeelDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Gulf Medical University, Ajman 4184, United Arab Emirates.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Natural products are the fundamentals of drug discovery due to their exceptional structural diversity and biological activity's evolutionary optimization. The review provides a critical and integrative analysis of natural products in pharmaceutical chemistry, highlighting their significance for current biomedicine and pharmacotherapy. The review is organized around a system that connects structure, function, and translation, focusing on structural analysis, scaffold design, and mechanistic understanding in major disease-relevant therapeutic areas. Investigations on representative compounds like paclitaxel, artemisinin, and curcumin are presented to explain the way molecular architecture regulates pharmacological activity, drug selectivity, and clinical performance. The review evaluates significant medicinal chemistry strategies, including semisynthetic modification, prodrug design, and scaffold optimization, and their crucial roles in enhancing potency, pharmacokinetics, and safety. We critically examine the latest advancements in drug delivery technologies, particularly those based on nanotechnology and carrier-free methods, regarding their translational potential and regulatory concern. Current challenges pertaining to pharmacokinetics and ADMET properties, as well as the standardization of analysis, are also examined, emphasizing their impact on reproducibility in research. Researchers investigate the role and limitations of emerging fields such as genome mining, synthetic biology, and network pharmacology in enhancing discovery pipelines. Thus, this review integrates chemical, pharmacological, and translational approaches and suggests an effective strategy to overcome challenges in the development of natural products as the next generation of precision medicine therapeutic agents.

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ADMETalkaloidsdrug discoveryflavonoidsgenome miningglycosidesnatural productspharmacotherapypolyketidesprecision medicinesemisynthetic derivativessynthetic biologyterpenoids

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PMID42355401
PMCPMC13302578

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