Medicinal Plants of South Asia: Novel Sources for Drug Discovery

Natural products are a key element of the drug discovery process, providing vast sources of novel, complex compounds for development into new drugs. At the same time, there is a concerted effort to develop a modern, analytical approach to harnessing traditional medicinal knowledge. Medicinal Plants of South Asia: Novel Sources for Drug Discovery addresses both of these issues and provides a comprehensive review of medicinal plants of this region, highlighting chemical structures of high potential and applying the latest technology to reveal the underlying chemistry and active components of traditionally-used medicinal plants. Drawing on the wide experience of its expert editors and authors, Medicinal Plants of South Asia is a contemporary guide to sources of novel chemical structures from traditional knowledge, making it a useful resource for medicinal chemists, phytochemists, pharmaceutical scientists and everyone involved in the discovery and development of drugs from natural sources. Provides comprehensive reviews of over 50 medicinal plants and their key propertiesExamines the background and botany of each source before going on to discuss the underlying phytochemistry and chemical compositions in more detailLinks phytochemical properties with pharmacological activitiesSupports data with extensive chemical structures INDICE: 1. Botany 2. Post harvest technology 3. Chemistry 3.1 Chemical composition 3.2 Phytochemistry 4. Pharmacological Activity 5. Summary

• ISBN: 978-0-08-102659-5
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 810
• Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés