Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9780444641793 / Angielski

Atta-Ur-Rahman

Spis treści

1. Metabolic Screening of Wine (Grapevine) Resveratrol 2. Sweet Cherry Phenolic Compounds: Identification, Characterization and Health Benefits 3. Phenolic Compounds: A Good Choice Against Chronic Degenerative Diseases 4. Recent Developments in the Quest for Novel Microbial Natural Products 5. Mycosporine-Like Amino Acids as Multifunctional Secondary Metabolites in Cyanobacteria: From Biochemical to Application Aspects 6. Basic and Clinical Studies with Marine LipoFishins and Vegetal Favalins in Neurodegeneration and Age-Related Disorders 7. Terpenoids as Emerging Therapeutic Agents: Cellular Targets and Mechanisms of Action against Protozoan Parasites 8. Bioactive Sesquiterpene Coumarins From Plants 9. Assessing Herb-Drug Interactions of Herbal Products With Therapeutic Agents for Metabolic Diseases: Analytical and Regulatory Perspectives 10. Natural Products for the Management of Diabetes 11. Limonoids: Structure-Activity Relationship Studies and Anticancer properties 12. Anticancer Potential of Flavonoids: Chemistry, Biological Activities and Future Perspectives 13. Chemistry and Biology of Salicyl-Capped Siderophores 14. Southern Brazilian Hypericum Species, Promising Sources of Bioactive Metabolites 15. Citrus Polymethoxyflavones: Biofunctional Molecules of Therapeutic Interest

O autorze

Renowned scientist Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman was appointed as the chairman of United Nations' committee on Science, Technology and Innovation in March 2016. Formerly Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, he was Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. A leading scientist, he also has over 930 publications to his name in several fields of organic chemistry.