Navin Atal
Consultant Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, Pushpanjali Medical Center, Delhi, India
K Bedi
Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu Tawi, India
Keywords:
Bioenhancer, Piper longum, piperine
Abstract
Treatment cost is a major concern for modern medicine in developing countries like India and systematic innovative means to reduce these costs are needed. This article reviews the concept of bioenhancers to reduce treatment costs by increasing drug bioavailability. This concept, based on the Ayurvedic system of medicine, works for a wide range of ingested substances, and has been applied to modern drugs, particularly single chemicals. It offers a fine example of the benefit of integrating an ancient system with modern medicine in both theory and practice.
Keywords: Bioenhancer, Piper longum, piperine
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