Chemistry of Natural Products : : Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy of Medicinal Plants / / ed. by Mayuri Napagoda, Lalith Jayasinghe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Amarasinghe, Nilupa R,; Dissanayake, Aruna S.,; Diyabalanage, Thushara,; Fujimoto, Yoshinori,; Jayasinghe, Lalith,; Kumar Maddula, Ravi,; Liyanaarachchi, Chamika,; Napagoda, Mayuri,; Pandeti, Sukanya,; Piyasena, K. G. N. P,; Qader, M. M.,; Ranasinghe, Chandani,; Reddy Thota, Jagadeshwar,; Sambavathas, Sathya,; Subasinghe, Sewwandi,; Veera Yerra, Naga,; Wijesekera, Kanchana,; Wijesundara, D. S. A.,; Witharana, Sanjeeva,
• HerausgeberIn: Jayasinghe, Lalith,; Napagoda, Mayuri,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 222 p.)

Plants produce secondary metabolites that humans harness for their own benefit. About half of drugs currently in clinical use are based on these chemicals found in nature. Chemistry of Natural Products covers secondary metabolites present in medicinal plants and their biosynthesis, biological activi...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• About the editors
• Preface
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Part I: General
• 1 Medicinal plants as sources of novel therapeutics: the history, present, and future
• 2 Plant secondary metabolites as prospective pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals
• Part II: Introduction to plant secondary metabolites
• 3 Plant phenolic compounds
• 4 Terpenes
• 5 Alkaloids
• 6 Saponins
• Part III: Specific topics
• 7 Acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of spices and culinary herbs
• 8 Photoprotective potential in medicinal plants
• 9 Poisonous plants and their toxic metabolites
• 10 Quality and safety of herbal medicinal products
• 11 Advances in extraction and analysis of natural products
• Index