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Plant and animal organisms offer a wide diversity of compounds which can serve as exciting new pharmacophores and which can reveal several new mechanisms of action for controlling disease processes. Volume 22 of Studies in Natural Products Chemistry comprises articles written on bioactive natural products by leading authorities in their respective fields.

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Author:   Atta-ur Rahman (International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan) ,  Atta-ur- Rahman
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   1.430kg
ISBN:  

9780444505880

ISBN 10:   0444505881
Pages:   826
Publication Date:   20 October 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The metabolism and biochemical actions of aklaloids in animals, (T. Robinson); Using chemical ecology to locate new antifungal natural products, (S.J. Eckerman et al.); Natural triterpenoids as anti-inflammatory agents, (J.L. Rios et al.); Current status of the chemistry and synthesis of natural antimalarial compounds and natural substances used to alleviate symptoms of diabetes (aldose reductase and A-glucosidase inhibitors), (K. Kawanishi, N.R. Farnsworth); A diradical route to bioactive natural products and their analogues, (R.D. Little, M.M. Ott); Bioactive fungal natural products through classic and biocombinatorial approaches, (Z.-D. Jiang, Z. An); The chemistry of 2-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid, (F. Fulop); Structure-activity relationship of flavonoids as antioxidant and pro-oxidant compounds, (P. Cos et al.); Recent advances in the search for antioxidant activity in South American plants, (C. Desmarchelier et al.); Insect juvenile hormones in plants, (J.C. Bede, S.S. Tobe); Antiulcer and gastroprotective activity of flavonic compounds - mechanisms involved, (M.J. Martin et al.); Simple flavones possessing complex biological activity, (S. Tahara, J.L. Ingham); Medicinal plants with anticonvulsant activities, (M. Raza et al.); Chemistry, structure and biological activity of anthracenones of the Karwinskia genus, (A. Pieyro-Lopez, N. Waksman); Bioactive natural products derived from Polygonum species of plants: their structure and mechanisms of action, (N. Ogwuru, M. Adamczeski); Hypericum perforatum - St. John's Wort - chemical, pharmacological and clinical aspects, (C.A.J. Erdelmeier et al.); Tropane alkaloids: old drugs used in modern medicine (P. Christen).

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Atta-ur-Rahman, 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, was the 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. He is a leading scientist with more than 930 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

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