Studies in Natural Products Chemistry: Volume 62

ISBN-13: 9780444641854 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 510 str.

Atta-Ur-Rahman

Spis treści

1. Fungal metabolites as promising new drug leads for the treatment of alzheimer's disease 2. Mushrooms, seaweeds and their derivatives as functional feed additives for aquaculture: An updated view 3. Nanotechnology-based drug delivery of natural compounds and phytochemicals for the treatment of cancer and other diseases 4. Phytochemistry, chemotaxonomy, ethnopharmacology and nutraceutics of lamiaceae 5. Moringa oleifera Lam: A rich source of phytoactives for the health of human beings 6. Protease inhibitors and their applications: An overview 7. Plant terpenoids as lead compounds against malaria and leishmaniasis 8. Dalea genus, chemistry and bioactivity studies 9. Natural bioactive cyclic peptides and peptidomimetics 10. Pyrrole-derived alkaloids of marine sponges and their biological properties 11. Isolation and elucidation of anti-irritant and antimicrobial bioactive derived from plant sources and from human sebum 12. Bioactive quinolactacins and structurally related pyrroloquinolones

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.