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PMID: 21915930 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The field of genetics, which includes the use of 'omic' technologies, is an evolving area of science that has emerging application in phytotherapy. Omic studies include pharmacogenomics, proteomics and metabolomics. Herbal medicines, as monotherapies, or complex formulations such as traditional Chinese herbal prescriptions, may benefit from omic studies, and this new field may be termed 'herbomics'. Applying herbomics in the field of psychiatry may provide answers about which herbal interventions may be effective for individuals, which genetic processes are triggered, and the subsequent neurochemical pathways of activity. The use of proteomic technology can explore the differing epigenetic effects on neurochemical gene expression between individual herbs, isolated constituents and complex formulae. The possibilities of side effects or insufficient response to the herb can also be assessed via pharmacogenomic analysis of polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 liver enzymes or P-glycoprotein. While another novel application of omic technology is for the validation of the concept of synergy in individual herbal extracts and prescriptive formulations. Chronic administration of psychotropic herbal medicines may discover important effects on chromatin remodelling via modification of histone and DNA methylation. This paper focuses on the emerging field of herbomics, and is to our knowledge the first publication to explore this in the area of psychiatry. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Jerome Sarris; Chee Hong Ng; Isaac Schweitzer |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-9-14 |
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Title: Phytotherapy research : PTR Volume: - ISSN: 1099-1573 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Sep |
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Created Date: 2011-9-14 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904486 Medline TA: Phytother Res Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Professorial Unit, The Melbourne Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia; Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Melbourne, Australia. jsarris@unimelb.edu.au. |
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