| Description |
1 online resource (x, 478 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Anticancer compounds of plant origin / Modhumita Ghosh, Manisha Thapliyal and Krish Gurumurthi -- Antimicrobial and antiviral metabolites from polypore fungi / Jordan K. Zjawiony -- Naturally occurring anti-salmonella agents and their modes of action / Isao Kubo, Ken-ichi Fujita and Aya Kubo -- Natural chemotherapeutic agents in the control of malaria / Edith O. Ajaiyeoba -- Anti-Candida activity of extracts and essential oils from native and exotic medicinal plants in Brazil / Marta Cristina Teixeira Duarte and Glyn Mara Figueira -- Bridging the gap: using natural products in drug discovery research in academia and industry / Alan L. Harvey -- Fungal endophytes: a potential source of anticancer compounds / Sunil Deshmukh and Shilpa A. Verekar -- A review of antifungal and antiviral proteins / Tzi Bun Ng and Jack H. Wong -- Compounds with antioxidant activity from herbs / Tzi Bun Ng and Jack H. Wong -- Bioactivity of medicinal plants: progress and perspectives / José-Luis Ríos and Rosa A. Sendra -- Cannabimimetics: the pharmacological potential of cannabinoid receptor ligands / Jürg Gertsch -- Anti-inflammatory herbal medicines for the control of pain / Julia Elodie Vlachojannis [and others] -- Metabolic engineering for the fabrications of pharmaceutically central metabolites from microorganisms and higher plants / Mahmud Tareq Hassan Khan and Arjumand Ather -- Pharmacogenomics of biotic and abiotic natural products derived from traditional Chinese medicine for cancer therapy / Thomas Efferth and Bernd Kaina -- Plant derived antimycobacterial metabolites: an overview / Adewole L. Okunade and Memory P.F. Elvin-Lewis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Materia medica, Vegetable.
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Medicinal plants.
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Materia Medica -- chemistry
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Materia Medica -- pharmacology
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Phytotherapy
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Plant Preparations
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Plants, Medicinal
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Medicinal plants
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carpinella, María Cecilia.
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Rai, Mahendra.
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| LC no. |
2008041306 |
| ISBN |
9781439843482 |
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1439843481 |
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