(Ebook) Natural Bioactive Molecules: : Impacts and Prospects by Goutam Brahmachari ISBN 9781783320752, 1783320753

(Ebook) Natural Bioactive Molecules: : Impacts and Prospects by Goutam Brahmachari ISBN 9781783320752, 1783320753

NATURAL BIOACTIVE MOLECULES: Impacts and Prospects attempts to provide an insight into significant developments in some of the promising areas of naturally occurring bioactive compounds. Bioactive natural products are a rich source of novel therapeutics, and are of great interest and promise in the present day research directed towards drug design and discovery. This book covers a wide area of bioactive natural products research through a variety of twelve chapters written by leading scientists of the world, and brings together an overview of cutting-edge research advances in this remarkable field. The book features the chemistry and pharmacology of naturally occurring bioactive compounds of potential interest highlighting their chemical transformations and semi-synthetic studies, biosynthesis, structure-activity relationships, metabolism, molecular biology and mode of action. It will serve as a valuable resource for researchers to predict promising leads for developing pharmaceuticals to treat various ailments and disease manifestations. The broad interdisciplinary approach dealt in this book would also motivate young scientists to the field of bioactive natural products research.