Keywords:
Natural products.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (307 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781681087252
Series Statement:
Frontiers in Natural Product Chemistry Series ; v.4
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=5596564
DDC:
547.7
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- List of Contributors -- Plant-Based Antiamoebic Natural Products: Literature Review and Recent Developments -- Neelam Bharti1,*, Prabhu P. Mohapatra2 and Shailendra Singh3 -- INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND -- Search for Herbal Antiamoebic Compounds -- Standard Extraction Procedure -- Alkaloids -- Terpenes and Quassinoids -- Flavonoids and Iridoids -- Miscellaneous -- CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK -- DISCLOSURE -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- From Plant to Bench: Natural Products as Source for Analgesic Drug Development -- Rita Turnaturi1,*, Lorella Pasquinucci1 and Carmela Parenti2 -- INTRODUCTION -- SALVINORIN A -- Traditional Use and Botanical Description -- Analgesic Effect -- Other Effects -- Constituents of Salvia Divinorum -- Salvinorin A Derivatives -- 1. Structural Derivatization of the C-2 Position. -- MOPr ligands -- 2. Structural Modifications of the Tricyclic Trans-Decalin Core -- Modifications to the C-12 Furan Ring -- MITRAGYNINE -- Botanical Description and Traditional Use -- Analgesic Effect -- Anti-inflammatory Effects -- Putative Addictive Properties -- Constituents of Mitragyna Speciosa -- Structure−Activity Relationship -- Structural Derivatization of the C-9 Position -- Structural Derivatization of the C-7 Position -- Structural Derivatization of the Nb Lone Pair and β-Methoxyacrylate mojety -- Structural Derivatization of the C-19 Position -- Mitragynine Pseudoindoxyl -- CONCLUSIONS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Essential Oils and Cognitive Performance -- Snezana Agatonovic-Kustrin1,2 and David W. Morton2,* -- INTRODUCTION -- A Brief History of Aromatherapy -- Aromatherapy with Essential Oils -- The Pharmacological Hypothesis of Aromatherapy -- The Psychological Hypothesis.
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The Olfactory Function of Aromatherapy (Smell) -- Improving Mood and Cognitive Function using Essential Oils -- The Cholinergic Hypothesis, Essential Oils, and Alzheimer's Disease -- The Oxidative Stress Hypothesis, Essential Oils, and Alzheimer's Disease -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Inspired by Nature: Modern Medicines Derived from Cannabis -- Bruno M. Fonseca*, Georgina Correia-da-Silva and Natércia Teixeira -- 1. CANNABIS, CANNABINOIDS AND THEIR MEDICAL USE -- 1.1. A Brief History of Cannabis Use in Medicine -- 1.2. Cannabinoids -- 2. MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF CANNABINOIDS -- 2.1. Cannabinoid Receptors -- 2.2. Cannabinoid Signalling Pathways -- 2.3. The Endocannabinoid System -- 3. CANNABIS AS MEDICINE -- 3.1. Cannabinoid-Based Drugs Metabolism -- 3.2. Cannabinoid Therapeutic Applications -- 3.2.1. Antiemetic and Appetite Stimulant -- 3.2.2. Cannabinoids and Food Intake -- 3.2.3. Multiple Sclerosis -- 3.2.4. Chronic Pain -- 3.2.5. Epilepsy -- 3.3. Main Limitations of Cannabinoids Use -- 4. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTEREST -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Lectins as Biorecognition Elements in Biosensors for Clinical Applications in Cancer -- Maria Luísa Soares da Silva1,2,* -- 1. LECTINS -- 1.1. Definition, History, Occurrence and Isolation -- 1.2. Functions and Properties -- 1.3. Lectin Structures and Classification -- 2. LECTINS AS TOOLS FOR THE SEPARATION AND STUDY OF GLYCOPROTEINS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS -- 2.1. Lectin-affinity Chromatography -- 2.2. Lectin Arrays -- 2.3. Enzyme-linked Lectin Assay -- 2.4. Lectin Biosensors -- 2.4.1. Glycan Biomarkers for Cancer Diagnosis -- 2.4.2. Lectins as Biorecognition Elements in Biosensors for Cancer Biomarkers -- 3. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION.
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CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Brassinosteroids: Occurrence, Structure and Stress Protective Activities -- Indu Sharma1, Renu Bhardwaj2, Vandana Gautam2, Ravdeep Kaur2 and Ashutosh Sharma3,* -- INTRODUCTION -- OCCURRENCE OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS -- STRUCTURES OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS -- BIOSYNTHESIS OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS -- PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS -- IMPLICATIONS OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS IN PLANT STRESS MANAGEMENT -- MECHANISM OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS ACTION -- INTERACTIONS OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS WITH OTHER PGRS -- FUTURE OUTLOOK -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chemistry and Structures of Plant Derived Antimalarials and Their Semi-synthetic Analogues -- Samir Mehndiratta1, Mantosh Kumar Satapathy2, Suhani Mankotia3 and Kunal Nepali1,* -- INTRODUCTION -- Life Cycle of Malaria [4] -- 1. Alkaloidal Antimalarials -- a. Bisbenzylisoquinolines [15 - 17] -- b. Azaanthracene Alkaloid [13, 17] -- c. Protoberberine and Aporphine-benzylisoquinoline [13, 18] -- d. Morphinan Alkaloid [12, 13, 19] -- e. Naphtylisoquinolines [12, 20] -- f. Indoloquinoline Alkaloid [12, 21, 22] -- g. Indole Alkaloids [26, 12, 27] -- h. Benzofenantridine [12] -- i. Furoquinoline & -- Acridone [12, 28] -- j. Tetrahydroquinoline [12] -- 2. Antiplasmodial Non-Alkaloidal Natural Products -- a. Quassinoids [8b, 13, 30] -- b. Sesquiterpenes [8b, 32] -- c. Triterpenoids [8b, 13, 35, 36] -- d. Flavonoids and Xanthones [8b, 13] -- e. Quinones [8b, 13] -- Patents on Antimalarial Agents -- a). Compounds Patented by Keilhauer et al [57]. -- b). Compounds (bisquinolines) Patented by Vennerstrom et al [58]. -- c). Compounds Patented by Raynes et al [59]. -- d). Compound (Spiro and dispiro 1,2,4 trioxolane) Patented by Vennerstrom et al [60]. -- e). Compounds Patented by Sparatore et al [61].
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f). Compounds Patented by Gilbert et al [62] -- CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION -- CONFLICT OF INTERESTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX.
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