Artemisinin and Nitric Oxide: Mechanisms and Implications in Disease and Health

ISBN-13: 9783662476871 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 126 str.

Qing-Ping Zeng

Opis

This book discusses both the beneficial and harmful aspects of NO in biology and medicine, and also introduces the emerging discovery of artemisinin in antitumor, antibacterial infection, anti-inflammation, and antiaging contexts.

Spis treści

Background.- Biological Features of NO and Pharmacological Principles of ART.- ART for Antitumor.- ART for Antibacterial Infection.- ART for Anti-inflammation.- ART for Antiaging.- Prospective.

Blurb

This book discusses both the beneficial and harmful aspects of NO in biology and medicine, and also introduces the emerging discovery of artemisinin in antitumor, antibacterial infection, anti-inflammation, and antiaging contexts. In 1992 nitric oxide (NO) was voted “Molecule of the Year” by Science magazine, and the discovery of its physiological roles has led to Nobel Prize-winning work in neuroscience, physiology and immunology. The book explains why we should maintain a steady-state NO level that is derived from neuronal or epithelial NO synthase, and avoid the extremely high NO level resulting from inducible NO synthase. The book offers a valuable resource for medical chemists, clinicians, biologists and all those interested in health and disease.