Bioactive Natural Products in Drug Discovery

Chapter 1. Plants natural products: Fountainheads for drug discovery and development.- Chapter 1.1. Medicinal plants: a reservoir of bioactive natural products.- Chapter 1.1.1. The Artemisia genus: A review on traditional uses, phytochemical constituents, pharmacological properties and germplasm conservation.- Chapter 1.1.2. Bacopa monnieri: The neuroprotective elixir from the east: phytochemistry, pharmacology and biotechnological improvement.- Chapter 1.1.3. Current knowledge of Cinnamomum species: a review on the bioactive components, pharmacological properties, analytical and biotechnological studies.- Chapter 1.2. Plant derived natural products as leads for drug discovery.- Chapter 1.2.1. Plant Derived Quinones as a Prolific Source of Antibacterial and Anticancer Agents.- Chapter 1.2.2. Plant derived antifungals- Trends and Potential Applications.- Chapter 1.2.3. Phytochemicals as Inhibitors of Candida Biofilm: Recent Trends and Developments.- Chapter 1.2.4. Drugging protein-protein interaction interface with natural products: a computational approach.- Chapter 1.2.5. CQDs derived from natural sources: Excellent bio-imaging agents.- Chapter 2. Microbial natural products: A quintessential source for drug discovery and development . -Chapter 2.1. Microbial Natural products: recent insights into novel applications.- Chapter 2.2. Bioactive Peptides and Carbohydrates from Natural Products: A Source of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. - Chapter 2.3. Metabolites of fluorescent pseudomonads and their antimicrobial and anticancer potential. -Chapter 2.4. Actinomycetes Natural Products: Recent Advances and Future Prospects.- Chapter 2.5. Bio-prospection of lichen secondary metabolites: Current and future Scenario.- Chapter 2.6. Medicinal fungi: A natural source of pharmacologically important metabolites.- Chapter 2.7. Ganoderma: A propitious medicinal poroid mushroom.- Chapter 2.8. Marine fungi as Pharmacy.- Chapter 2.9. Endophytic fungi: A treasure trove of bioactive compounds.- Chapter 2.10. Novel Products from Microalgae.- Chapter 2.11. Lactic acid production and its applications in pharmaceuticals.- Chapter 2.12. Clot busters of microbial origin.- Chapter 2.13. Carbohydrate biopolymers: Diversity, applications and challenges.- Chapter 3. Important biotechnological applications of natural products.- Chapter 3.1. Methods and Techniques for the Chemical Profiling and Quality Control of Natural Products and Natural Product Driven Drugs.- Chapter 3.2. Characterization of Bioactive secondary Metabolites from fungal endophytes.- Chapter 3.3. Systems biology approach to natural pharmaceuticals.- Chapter 3.4. Elaborating on the potential for fungi-based products market expansion: Consumers' attitudes and purchasing intentions

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811513961
• ISBN13: 9789811513961
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 733 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"