植物界中,估计仅有10%的有机成分曾被发现。拥有最新尖端技术的现代植物化学在今后的几年中,必定会有惊人的发现,那时植物界的大部分得到详细的检验。然而,现今的化学研究是没有条理,没有规律和不完善的。为了医药的未来,应该更加紧张的工作。即使过去大部分的药物是来自植物,现在的一些统计数字指明药用植物学的光辉未来就在眼前。1973年,美国15亿(1·5 billion) In the plant community, it is estimated that only 10% of the organic components have been found. Modern phytochemistry with state-of-the-art technology will surely have a surprising discovery in the coming years, when most of the plant kingdom was examined in detail. However, current chemical research is not organized, regular and imperfect. For the future of medicine, it should be more intense work. Even if most of the drugs in the past were from plants, some statistics now indicate that the brilliant future of medicinal botany is in sight. In 1973, the United States 1.5 billion (1.5 billion)