Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

Ethnopharmacy

 Ethnopharmacy is the study of how various medicines are viewed and put to use in a society. Although ethnopharmacy focus on traditional or folk medicines used in the society, it also looks at more modern pharmaceutical uses. It is the study of origin of pharmaceuticals, whether they are from naturally happening or man-made elements. They also study how pharmaceuticals are directed to people in the society and how productive the pharmaceuticals are at contending various medical conditions.