Studies in Natural Products Chemistry [Hardcover]

Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting new opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.

The series also covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products.

• Describes the chemistry of bioactive natural products
• Contains contributions by leading authorities in the field
• A valuable resource for natural products and medicinal chemistry

Recent Insights into the Emerging Role of Triterpenoids in Cancer Therapy: Part II, Rosa Tundis, Francesco Menichini and Monica Rosa Loizzo Highlights of Pentacyclic Triterpenoids in the Cancer Settings, Jorge A. R. Salvador, Ana S. Leal, Daniela P. S. Alho, Bruno M. F. Gon?alves, Ana S. Valdeira, Vanessa I. S. Mendes and Yongkui Jing Immunomodulatory and Anticancer Activity of Sea Cucumber Triterpene Glycosides, Dmitry L. Aminin , Evgeny A. Pislyagin, Ekaterina S. Menchinskaya, Alexandra S. Silchenko, Sergey A. Avilov And Vladimir I. Kalinin Bioactive Annonaceous Acetogenins, Robert E. Smith, Kevin Tran and Kristy M. Richards Bioactive Naphthoquinone's from Higher Plants, Ingrid Hook, Clive Mills and Helen Sheridan Anti-Obesity Effects of Natural Products from an Epigenetic Perspective, Esther C. Y. Woon and Joel D. W. Toh Natural Polyphenols as Potent Inhibitors of DNAlÂ