Bioactive compounds from natural sources : natural products as lead compounds in drug discovery /: natural products as lead compounds in drug discovery. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Corrado Tringali.
• Other Names: Tringali, Corrado, 1950-
• Contents: Ch. 1. Strategies and methods for a sustainable search for bioactive compounds / Lars Bohlin [and others] -- ch. 2. Discovery of potential anticancer agents from aquatic cyanobacteria, filamentous fungi, and tropical plants / Jimmy Orjala [and others] -- ch. 3. Metabolic engineering of natural product biosynthesis / Xinkai Xie, Kangjian Qiao, and Yi Tang -- ch. 4. Computational approaches for the discovery of natural lead structures / Judith M. Rollinger and Gerhard Wolber -- ch. 5. Recent advances in the application of electronic circular dichroism for studies of bioactive natural products / Nina Berova [and others] -- ch. 6. Natural products as treatments for and leads to active compounds in viral diseases / David J. Newman and Gordon M. Cragg -- ch. 7. Natural products as inhibitors of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 / Dale G. Nagle and Yu-Dong Zhou -- ch. 8. Antitumor or wound healing actions of natural products through inhibiting or enhancing angiogenesis / Yoshiyuki Kimura -- ch. 9. From natural polyphenols to synthetic antitumor agents / Carmela Spatafora and Corrado Tringali -- ch. 10. Resveratrol against major pathologies : from diet prevention to possible alternative chemotherapies with new structural analogues / Norbert Latruffe [and others] -- ch. 11. Drug discovery from natural substances : a case study : camptothecins / Gabriele Fontana and Lucio Merlini -- ch. 12. Plant compounds and derivatives as inhibitors of cancer cell multidrug resistance / Virginia Lanzotti [and others] -- ch. 13. Recent advances in the search of novel calmodulin inhibitors from selected Mexican plants and fungi / Rachel Mata [and others] -- ch. 14. Neuroprotective effects of natural products from traditional Chinese herbs / Hai Yan Zhang and Xi Can Tang -- ch. 15. Drugs for the neglected disease malaria based on natural products / S. Brøgger Christensen and Ib Christian Bygbjerg -- ch. 16. Endophytic microorganisms as a source of bioactive compounds / Yoshihito Shiono and Ken-ichi Kimura -- ch. 17. Biologically active natural products from Australian marine organisms / Robert J. Capon.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 622 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 615.3/21; Pharmacognosy; Natural products; SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Herbal Medications; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Natural products; Pharmacognosy; Biological Factors -- isolation & purification; Biological Factors -- pharmacology; Biological Factors -- isolation & purification; Drug Discovery; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1439870667; 9781439870662
• Related ISBNs: 9781439822296; 1439822298
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.