Bioactive natural products : opportunities and challenges in medicinal chemistry
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Bioactive natural products : opportunities and challenges in medicinal chemistry
World Scientific, c2012
- : hbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Bioactive natural products are a rich source of novel therapeutics. Thus, the search for bioactive molecules from nature continues to play an important role in fashioning new medicinal agents. This volume, which comprises sixteen chapters written by active researchers and leading experts in natural products chemistry, brings together an overview of current discoveries in this remarkable field. It also provides information on the industrial application of natural products for medicinal purposes. This book will serve as a valuable resource for researchers to predict promising leads for developing pharmaceuticals to treat various ailments and disease manifestations.
Table of Contents
- Natural Products in Drug Discovery (G Brahmachari)
- The Role of Natural Products in Novel Target Identification (S Roggo & C N Parker)
- Regulation of Vessel Function by Small Peptides (Z-Q Wang & T Matsui)
- Use of Multinutrient Functional Peptide Complex (MFPC) GRINIZATIONA" for Treatment and Prevention of Viral Infections (V Lozitsky et al.)
- Key Natural Products in Malaria Chemotherapy: From Quinine to Artemisinin and Beyond (J Fotie)
- Natural Products as Novel Leads for Kinetoplastid-Caused Diseases (S A Khalid)
- Natural Agents to Combat Alzheimer's Disease (AD) (S K Mishra)
- Natural Product Activators and Inhibitors for Histone Deacetylases (M D Scott et al.)
- Artemisinin: A Promise for the Development of Potent Anticancer Agents (D L da Silva et al.)
- Berberine, a Plant Alkaloid with Great Potential for Future Use in Cardiovascular Diseases (J-H Su Pang)
- Anti-Infective Flavonoids (M J Abad et al.)
- Anti-Helicobacter Pylori Activities of Compounds of Natural Origin (T Lawal et al.)
- Natural Bioactive Principles in the Treatment of Skin Diseases (E C Ibezim)
- Anti-Diabetic Agents from Natural Origin (G Brahmachari)
- Fermentation Improvement of Processes Yielding Natural Products for Commercialization (A L Demain & S Sanchez)
- Plant Cell Culture and Transgenic Plants: The Goldmines for the Production of Compounds of Pharmacological Interest (A P de Faria et al.).
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