Hello everybody,
We see a lot in scientific communications that only 10% of plants have been pharmacologically investigated, and thus, we still have a lot to discover.
But I do not find any paper assuming this percentage.
Do you?
Thanks for hepling!
Allison
Please check the following RG link.
Article Discovery and resupply of pharmacologically active plant-der...
Please check the following RG link.
Article Discovery and resupply of pharmacologically active plant-der...
Hi Allison Ledoux
Yes that's true. Nearly 10% of plant species have been investigated for pharmacological purposes.
According to Yoo et al. 2018, more than 35000 plant species are reported as being used worldwide for medicinal issues. In addition, It is well known that the number of plant species that are currently described and accepted is about 374000 species. Therefore we can assume that nearly 9.4% of plant species have been investigated in pharmacological domain.
Regards
Mohammad
Dear Allison Ledoux
Today, between 20,000 and 25,000 plants are used in plant pharmacopoeia and one-quarter contain plant extracts or active molecules directly from plants (Newman and Cragg, 2016). However, in this large number, only 2,000 to 3,000 plants have been the subject of scientific, chemical or pharmacological studies.So 10% is absolutely right.
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