Lead Molecules from Natural Products
：Discovery and New Trends
( Volume 2 )
Publication subTitle ：Discovery and New Trends
Publication series ：Volume 2
Author： Khan Mahmud Tareq Hassan;Ather Arjumand
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2006
E-ISBN: 9780080459332
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780444516190
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780444516190
Subject： O62 Organic Chemistry;R1 Preventive Medicine , Health;R9 Pharmacy
Language： ENG
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Description
Lead Molecules from Natural Products: Discovery and New Trends provides the reader with a thorough overview of current discoveries and trends in Natural Products research.
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 in silico drug design. Contributors describe their own laboratory experiences, revealing their findings, the legal issues encountered.
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.
* Explains the effects of plant extracts on gene expression profiling.
* Details medicinal plant research from around the world
* Explores a variety of medicinal uses of plants from traditional remedies, to anti-cancer agents and anti-salmonella agents.