Scientific research has increased the industry's interest in the study of the methodology to explore the ecological, botanical, and pharmacological relation between plants. This book presents 1752 compounds isolated from plants that present anticancer acti

This book presents 848 compounds isolated and identified from plants that present anti-inflammatory and antiplatelet aggregation activities. These substances have been classified by chemical groups and each provides the most relevant information of its pharmacological activity, action mechanism, chemical structure, spectroscopic date, and other properties. Chemical structures have been drawn to indicate the stereochemistry. In this handbook the summary of the scientific information of plants that present biological activity and the compounds responsible for these activities is presented,...

Some carotenoids - including -carotene - quench highly reactive singlet oxygen under certain conditions and can block free radical-mediated reactions. This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of pharmacological, toxicological reports and clinical applications of the -carotene.