| Description |
1 online resource (277 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Connections between agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals / David E. Wedge, N. Dwight Camper -- Fractionation of plants to discover substances to combat cancer / A. Douglas Kinghorn [and others] -- Therapeutic potential of plant-derived compounds : realizing the potential / James S. Miller, Roy E. Gereau -- Biodiversity conservation, economic development, and drug discovery in Suriname / David G.I. Kingston [and others] -- Recent trends in the use of natural products and their derivatives as potential pharmaceutical agents / George Majetich -- Highlights of research on plant-derived natural products and their analogs with antitumor, anti-HIV, and antifungal activity / Kuo-Hsiung Lee -- Discovery of antifungal agents from natural sources : virulence factor targets / Alice M. Clark, Larry A. Walker -- Reactive quinones : from chemical defense mechanisms in plants to drug design / Richard A. Hudson, L.M. Viranga Tillekeratne -- Structure-activity relationships of peroxide-based artemisinin antimalarials / Mitchell A. Avery [and others] -- Naturally occurring antimutagenic and cytoprotective agents / Lester A. Mitscher [and others] -- Lobeline : a natural product with high affinity for neuronal nicotinic receptors and a vast potential for use in neurological disorders / Christopher R. McCurdy, Reagan L. Miller, J. Warren Beach -- Protein kinase C inhibitory phenylpropanoid glycosides from Polygonum species / Albert T. Sneden -- Thwarting resistance : Annonaceous acetogenins as new pesticidal and antitumor agents / Holly A. Johnson [and others] -- A strategy for rapid identification of novel therapeutic leads from natural products / Khisal A. Alvi -- Dynamic docking study of the binding of 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene in the putative electrophile binding site of naturally occurring human glutathione S-transferase pi allelo-polymorphic proteins / John K. Buolamwini, Francis Ali-Osman -- Panax ginseng : standardization and biological activity / Fabio Soldati -- Marine natural products as leads to develop new drugs and insecticides / Khalid A. El Sayed [and others] -- Commercialization of plant-derived natural products as pharmaceuticals : a view from the trenches / James D. McChesney |
| Summary |
This book demonstrates the connections between agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals and explores the use of plants and plant products in the formulation and development of pharmaceuticals |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pharmacognosy.
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Natural products.
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Biological products.
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Biological Factors
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Pharmacognosy
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Herbal Medications.
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Natural products
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Pharmacognosy
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Produtos naturais.
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Farmacognosia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cutler, Stephen J.
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Cutler, Horace G., 1932-
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| ISBN |
9781420048650 |
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1420048651 |
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1281146544 |
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9781281146540 |
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