Novel compounds from natural products in the new millennium [[electronic resource] ] : potential and challenges / / editors, Benny K-H Tan, Boon-Huat Bay, Yi-Zhun Zhu

• Pubblicazione: Hackensack, N.J. ; ; Hong Kong, : World Scientific, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 547.7; 660.6
• Soggetto topico: Natural products; Natural products - Therapeutic use; Pharmacognosy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: TanBenny K-H BayBoon-Huat ZhuYi-Zhun
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 BIOME ; ACQUISITION 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 ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES 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 DEVELOPMENT ; CYTOCHROME 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 PATTERNS ; PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION
• Sommario/riassunto: There 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 will
• Titolo autorizzato: Novel compounds from natural products in the new millennium
• ISBN: 1-281-34759-0; 9786611347598; 981-256-221-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449862503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II