| Nature provides the modern medical world with a number of highly potential drugs. The contents of the book are structured according to the central and recent hot topics for the natural product researcher. Most contributors discuss and describe their own laboratory experiences their findings, including legal issues. This book consists of 22 chapters from well known scientists all over the world, with topics ranging from Natural Product Chemistry and Phytochemistry in their most basic form, to Molecular Biology and to in silico Drug design. The chapters, all of equally high quality, summarize years of extensive research in each area, and provide insight in the new themes of natural product research. The information will help to predict promising leads, useful for physicians in the treatment of different diseases and disease manifestations. |
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| Binding: Hardcover |
| Specs: 430 pages | 2.06 Lbs |
| ISBN: 0444516190 |
| ISBN-13: 9780444516190 |
| Edition: 1 |
| Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Company | Publish Date 09/06 | Copyright 2006 |
| Series: Advances in Phytomedicine |
| Volume: 2 |
Table Of Contents:
Reverse pharmacognosy : a new concept for accelerating natural drug discovery
Quoc-Tuan Do, Philippe Bernard
Effects of plant extracts on gene expression profiling : from macrorrays to microarray technology
Carlo Mischiati, Alessia Sereni, Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Ilaria Lampronti, Roberto Gambari
Effects of medicinal plant extracts on molecular interactions between DNA and transcription factors
Ilaria Lampronti, Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Nicoletta Bianchi, Giordana Feriotto, Carlo Mischiati, Monica Borgatti, Roberto Gambari
Plants with antitumor properties : from biologically active molecules to drugs
Ilaria Lampronti, Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Nicoletta Bianchi, Elisabetta Lambertini, Roberta Piva, Monica Borgatti, Roberto Gambari
Herbal extracts and compounds active against herpes simples virus
Kenneth D. Thompson
Pharmacological modulation of cough reflex
Gabriela Nosalova, Juraj Mokry, Sona Franova
Phytotherapy of cough
Sona Franova, Gabriela Nosalova, Juraj Mokry
The medicinal potential of black seed (Nigella sativa) and its components
Hala Gali-Muhtasib, Nahed El-Najjar, Regina Schneider-Stock
Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors from natural sources : recent advances and future prospects for cancer treatment
Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Anticancer and medicinal properties of essential oil and extracts of East Mediterranean sage (Salvia triloba)
Hala Gali-Muhtasib
Marine organisms from Brazil as source of potential anticancer agents
Leticia Veras Costa-Lotufo, Claudia Pessoa, Maria Elisabete Amaral de Moraes, Adaila Marta Paixao Almeida, Manoel Odorico de Moraes, Tito Monterio da Cruz Lotufo
Anticancer potential of Northeast Brazilian plants
Claudia Pessoa, Leticia Veras Costa-Lotufo, Albert Leyva, Maria Elisabete Amaral de Moraes, Manoel Odorico de Moraes
Safety and efficacy of phytomedicines
Manoel Odorico de Moraes, Fernando Antonio Frota Bezerra, Leticia Veras Costa-Lotufo, Claudia Pessoa, Maria Elisabete Amaral de Moraes
Pharmacological and biochemical profiling of lead compounds from traditional remedies : the case of Croton cajucara
Maria Aparecida M. Maciel, Tereza Neuma C. Dantas, Janaina Keila P. Camara, Angelo C. Pinto, Valdir F. Veiga, Jr., Carlos R. Kaiser, Nuno A. Pereira, Cristina M. T. S. Carneiro, Frederico A. Vanderlinde, Antonio J. Lapa, Aniele R. Agner, Ilee M. S. Colus, Juliana Echevarria-Lima, Noema F. Grynberg, Andressa Exteves-Souza, Kenia Pissinate, Aurea Echevarria
Antihypertensive peptides from natural resources
Toshiro Matsui, Kiyoshi Matsumoto
Xanthones as therapeutic agents : chemistry and pharmacology
Noungoue Tchamo Diderot, Ngonela Silvere, Tsamo Etienne
Inhibition of immunodeficiency type-I virus (HIV-1) life cycle by medicinal plant extracts and plant-derived compounds
Roberto Gambari, Ilaria Lampronti
Anticancer properties of saffron, Crocus sativus Linn
Jose-Antonio Fernandez
Lead compounds and drug candidates from some Turkish plants for human health
Ilkary Orhan, Bilge Sener
Molecular design of multifunctional anti-Salmonella agents based on natural products
Isao Kubo, Ken-ichi Fujita, Ken-ichi Nihei, Aya Kubo
Plant growth inhibitory activities by secondary metabolites isolated form Latin American flora
Carlos L. Cespedes, Juan C. Marin, Mariana Dominguez, J. Guillermo Avila, Blanca Serrato
Metabolomics - systematic studies of the metabolic profiling
Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan, Arjumand Ather |
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