Biologically Active Natural Products: Pharmaceuticals

Book Overview

Biologically Active Natural Products: Pharmaceuticals demonstrates the connections between agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals and explores the use of plants and plant products in the formulation and development of pharmaceuticals. Experts from around the world examine a multitude of topics, including evaluation of extracts from tropical plants for potential anticancer activity and cancer chemopreventive activity; use of Chinese lacquer tree sap products as pharmaceutical intermediates; and new approaches to drug discovery from the rainforest.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849318874
• ISBN13: 9780849318870
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.5"