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 opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.
Studies in Natural Products Chemistry covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting edge accounts of the fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Studies in Natural Products Chemistry - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. List of contributors - p. iii 7. Chapter 1: Tryptophan and its role in sleep and mood - p. 1 8. Chapter 2: Polyphenols: A promising nutritional strategy for the prevention and treatment of hypertension - p. 15 9. Chapter 3: Catalytic synthesis of 3(2H)-isoquinolinones and 3-aminoisoquinolines - p. 55 10. Chapter 4: Progress in the study of natural neo-clerodane diterpenoids - p. 87 11. Chapter 5: Physiological and molecular responses of nanoparticle application to plants grown under abiotic and biotic stress - p. 113 12. Chapter 6: Bio-functional activities of agavins on health - p. 147 13. Chapter 7: Agave species: A comprehensive review of taxonomy, chemistry, ethnobotany, and ethnopharmacology - p. 187 14. Chapter 8: Structure, expression regulation, and applications of fungal laccases, an interesting prospective in biotechnology - p. 227 15. Chapter 9: Natural compounds against allergic and pseudoallergic reactions: Molecular mechanisms of action - p. 269 16. Chapter 10: Plant-based natural product chemistry: An overview of the multistep journey involved in scientific validation of traditional knowledge - p. 327 17. Chapter 11: Challenges involved in the creation of scientific evidence for tobacco control - p. 379 18. Chapter 12: Polyphenol antioxidants in vegetable oils: A scientific and technological prospecting - p. 407 19. Chapter 13: The genus Chenopodium: Phytochemicals and biological activities - p. 437 20. Chapter 14: Beneficial health effects of collagen hydrolysates - p. 477 21. Index - p. 502
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 opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.
Studies in Natural Products Chemistry covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting edge accounts of the fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products.
1. Cover image - p. i 2. Title page - p. ii 3. Table of Contents - p. iii 4. Studies in Natural Products Chemistry - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. List of contributors - p. iii 7. Chapter 1: Tryptophan and its role in sleep and mood - p. 1 8. Chapter 2: Polyphenols: A promising nutritional strategy for the prevention and treatment of hypertension - p. 15 9. Chapter 3: Catalytic synthesis of 3(2H)-isoquinolinones and 3-aminoisoquinolines - p. 55 10. Chapter 4: Progress in the study of natural neo-clerodane diterpenoids - p. 87 11. Chapter 5: Physiological and molecular responses of nanoparticle application to plants grown under abiotic and biotic stress - p. 113 12. Chapter 6: Bio-functional activities of agavins on health - p. 147 13. Chapter 7: Agave species: A comprehensive review of taxonomy, chemistry, ethnobotany, and ethnopharmacology - p. 187 14. Chapter 8: Structure, expression regulation, and applications of fungal laccases, an interesting prospective in biotechnology - p. 227 15. Chapter 9: Natural compounds against allergic and pseudoallergic reactions: Molecular mechanisms of action - p. 269 16. Chapter 10: Plant-based natural product chemistry: An overview of the multistep journey involved in scientific validation of traditional knowledge - p. 327 17. Chapter 11: Challenges involved in the creation of scientific evidence for tobacco control - p. 379 18. Chapter 12: Polyphenol antioxidants in vegetable oils: A scientific and technological prospecting - p. 407 19. Chapter 13: The genus Chenopodium: Phytochemicals and biological activities - p. 437 20. Chapter 14: Beneficial health effects of collagen hydrolysates - p. 477 21. Index - p. 502
