05324nam 2200709Ia 450 991044986250332120200520144314.01-281-34759-09786611347598981-256-221-4(CKB)1000000000033307(EBL)225296(OCoLC)887498574(SSID)ssj0000212511(PQKBManifestationID)11220824(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212511(PQKBWorkID)10139041(PQKB)10785296(MiAaPQ)EBC225296(WSP)00005719(Au-PeEL)EBL225296(CaPaEBR)ebr10079930(CaONFJC)MIL134759(EXLCZ)99100000000003330720050126d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNovel compounds from natural products in the new millennium[electronic resource] potential and challenges /editors, Benny K-H Tan, Boon-Huat Bay, Yi-Zhun ZhuHackensack, N.J. ;Hong Kong World Scientificc20041 online resource (337 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-256-113-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents ; Foreword (by John Wong) ; Foreword (by Kurt Hostettmann) ; Preface ; 1. Plants in Drug Discovery-Creating a New Vision ; INTRODUCTION ; NATURAL PRODUCTS IN DRUG DISCOVERY - THE FUTURE ; ACCESS TO THE BIOMEACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ON-GOING RESEARCH BIOTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ; SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF PLANT MEDICINAL AGENTS ; DEREPLICATION STUDJES ; NATURAL PRODUCT STRUCTURE DIVERSIFICATION ; CREATING A NEW VISION ; CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE ; CONCLUSIONREFERENCES 2. The Bio-Extraction Industry in Jamaica: Potential and Challenges ; INTRODUCTION ; REFERENCES ; 3. Structural Studies of Drug Metabolising Enzymes and the Relevance to Natural Product Development ; INTRODUCTION ; THE IMPORTANCE OF DRUG METABOLISM IN DRUG DEVELOPMENTCYTOCHROME P450 (CYP) ENZYMES ARYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE (NAT) ; CONCLUSION ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; REFERENCES ; 4. Bioinformatics-Species Diversity Databases: Tools for Facilitating Natural Product Research ; INTRODUCTION ; WHAT IS BIOINFORMATICS? ; WHAT ARE THE SUB-DISCIPLINES?DATA-CENTERED VIEW TECHNOLOGY-CENTERED VIEW ; WHAT UNIFYING FRAMEWORKS CAN BE FOUND FOR BIOLOGICAL DATASETS? ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; 5. From Genomes to Drugs with Bioinformatics ; INTRODUCTION ; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS ; SEQUENCE COMPARISON ; FINDING PARTICULAR SEQUENCE PATTERNSPROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTIONThere is continuing interest in natural products as sources of potentially new and exciting chemical compounds. This book brings together the knowledge, perspectives and research findings of a varied group of scientists on a wide range of topics, from microarrays, genetics and bioinformatics to yeast-based technologies and enzyme studies. Scientists and clinicians in life science research will find useful information on new research techniques and tools. For the agriculturist, there is interesting information on the potential and problems of natural-based pesticides. The cancer researcher willNatural productsNatural productsTherapeutic usePharmacognosyElectronic books.Natural products.Natural productsTherapeutic use.Pharmacognosy.547.7660.6Tan Benny K-H955343Bay Boon-Huat955344Zhu Yi-Zhun955345MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449862503321Novel compounds from natural products in the new millennium2161517UNINA