Novel Drugs Development for Cardio-/Cerebrovascular Diseases

摘要

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are the leading causes of death worldwide. According to the current epi-demiological data, it is expected that, till 2020, coronary artery disease and cerebral hemorrhage are still the first and second causes of death of human beings, even though the order of the death causes due to human diseases would be changed significantly. Despite various advances in the understanding of the diseases, pharmacological treatment by conventional medicine has not obtained satisfactory results. However, recent studies suggest that natural products and traditional herbal medicine are a potential candidate for the preventative treatment of the disorders. Therefore, we have invited the researchers to contribute few research/review papers to provide solid evidence that supports the application of bioactives/traditional herbal medicine (THM) in prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.