By author > Renimel Isabelle

The development of new active ingredients is the result of a serie of logical steps:

- Biological target identification

- Plant selection based on pharmacognosy or reverse pharmacognosy

- Pre-screening phase to limit the primary plant selection

- Biological activities proof with the active molecule identification

And finally, safety tests before launch the product.

From the beginning the idea, up to the introduction to the market, until 5 years could be necessary....