Natural bioactive molecules : impacts and prospects / editor, Goutam Brahmachari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brahmachari, Goutam, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural products.

Bioactive compounds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (508 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Alpha Science International Ltd., [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

NATURAL BIOACTIVE MOLECULES: Impacts and Prospects in Medicinal Chemistry is an endeavor to underline how natural product research continues to make significant contributions in the domain of discovery and development of new medicinal entities. 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. Bioactive natural products are proving to be a rich source of novel therapeutics. Search for bioactive molecules from nature (plants, animals, microflora) continues to play an important role in fashioning new medicinal agents. With the advent of modern techniques, very particularly the rapid improvements in spectroscopic as well as accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to have an enormous repository of bioactive natural compounds, thus opening up exciting new opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.This book, which will comprise a variety of at least fifteen chapters written by active researchers and leading experts in natural products chemistry on biologically active natural products, brings together an overview of current discoveries and trends in this remarkable field. This definite volume is also an outstanding source of information with regard to the industrial application of natural products for medicinal purposes. The broad interdisciplinary approach dealt in this book would surely make the work much interesting to the scientists deeply engaged in the research and/or use of bioactive natural products. It will serve not only as a valuable resource for researchers in their own fields to predict promising leads for developing pharmaceuticals to treat various ailments and disease manifestations, but also motivates young scientists to the dynamic field of bioactive natural products research.

Contents:

Foreword / Preface / Editor / List of Contributors / Natural Bioactive Molecules: Impacts and Prospects

An Overview / Role of Natural Products as a Source of Alzheimer's Drug Leads: An Update / Natural Product Activators of Sirtuins against Aging / Structure-Bioactivity Relations of Acylated Anthocyanins and Their Related Polyphenols / Marine-Derived Bioactive Polysaccharides from Microorganisms / Stevioside and Related Compounds: Molecules of Pharmaceutical Promise Beyond Zero-Calorie Sweeteners / Vitamin B6 Derived Cofactor Pyridoxal-5'-Phosphate: Promising Role in Drug Development Programme / Allelochemicals from Artemisia vulgaris Linn

(Compositae) / Quercetin

A Ubiquitous Bioflavonoid: Structural Aspects versus Potential Health Benefits / Therapeutic Efficacy of Macro and Small Bioactive Molecules in Organ Pathophysiology / Anti-Pruritic and Anti-Inflammatory Herbal or Natural Products for Treatment of Skin Disease / Triterpenoid Saponins: Role in Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapies / Natural Bioactive Flavonoids-Recent Developments in Research: A Thorough Update.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78332-075-3

OCLC:

1080078725