Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 107

The first review describes examples of very promising compounds discovered from plants acquired from Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean region with potential anticancer activity. These include plant secondary metabolites of the diphyllin lignan, penta[b]benzofuran, triterpenoid,...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kinghorn, A. Douglas (Editor), Falk, Heinz (Editor), Gibbons, Simon (Editor), Kobayashi, Jun'ichi (Editor), Asakawa, Yoshinori (Editor), Liu, Ji-Kai (Editor)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2018.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, 107
Subjects:
Chemistry, Organic.
Pharmaceutical chemistry.
Medicinal chemistry.
Organic Chemistry.
Pharmaceutics.
Medicinal Chemistry.
Online Access:Full-text access
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Summary:The first review describes examples of very promising compounds discovered from plants acquired from Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas, and the Caribbean region with potential anticancer activity. These include plant secondary metabolites of the diphyllin lignan, penta[b]benzofuran, triterpenoid, and tropane alkaloid types. The second review presents 40 more erythrinan alkaloids, which were either new or were missed out in the last major reviews, bringing to a total of 154 known erythrinan alkaloids known to date. The reported pharmacological activities of the new and known alkaloids showed a greater bias towards central nervous system and related activities. Other prominent activities reported were antifeedant or insecticidal, cytotoxicity/anti­tumor/anti­cancer/estrogenic, antiprotozoal, antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antifungal and antiviral activities.
Physical Description:VIII, 159 p. 96 illus., 39 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9783319935065
ISSN:2192-4309 ;
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-93506-5

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