Natural products present in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures which are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate, and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting new opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry. The series also covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products. There is a good mix of chemistry, structure elucidation, synthesis, and biology in the various chapters, thereby appealing to a diverse readership. The diagrams are clear and the writing excellent. In summary, this is another excellent volume in a very valuable series on natural products for which Professor Atta-ur-Rahman is to be congratulated...... an important and essential asset for those libraries supporting the efforts of natural product research groups. Geoffrey A. Cordell, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA, PHYTOCHEMISTRY, Vol.65, 2004 Describes the chemistry of bioactive natural productsContains contributions by leading authorities in the fieldA valuable resource for natural product and medicinal chemistry INDICE: Phytoestrogens - Estrogene Like PhytochemicalsThe Discovery and Synthesis of BrevisamideRecent Asymmetric Syntheses of Tetrahydroisoquinolines Using Named? And Some Other Newer Methods1-Methoxy-Canthin-6-One and Related ?¬-Carbolines: From Natural Compound to Synthesis and Biological ActivitiesFern Acylphloroglucinols: Structure, Location, and Biological EffectsMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and Natural Phenolic Compounds in Cardiovascular Remodeling Chemistry and Biological Activity of Diterpenoid AlkaloidsNovel Plant Derived Biomedical Agents and Their Biosynthetic OriginHistone Deacetylases as Cancer Chemoprevention Targets For Natural ProductsNatural Products: Strategic Tools for Modulation of Biofilm FormationMedicinal Herbs and Plant Extracts for Influenza: Bioactivity, Mechanism of Anti-Influenza Effects and Modulation of Immune ResponsesNatural Herbicides as a Safer and More Environmentally Friendly Approach to Weed Control. A Review of the Literature Since 2000Recent Approaches towards Selected Lamiaceae Plants for Their Prospective Use in NeuroprotectionPhytochemicals: In Pursuit of Anti-Tubercular DrugsSubject Index
- ISBN: 978-0-444-59530-0
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 544
- Fecha Publicación: 03/09/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés