1st Edition

Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin

    480 Pages 5 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    480 Pages 5 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    480 Pages 5 Color & 65 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    This new volume, Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin, explores potential beneficial drug substances derived from nature. It presents the general principles, characteristics, evaluation techniques, and applications involved in drug molecules from natural sources, such as plants and marine life. With chapters from renowned experts from around the world, the chapters in this volume address the challenges of standardization of herbal medicines, methods of characterization of natural medicines and phyto-constituents, and quality control methods for herbal medicines. Several chapters in the book focus on the evolution of phyto-constituents in cancer therapeutics, while others deal with applications for other diseases, such as diabetes and neuroinflammatory disorders. The volume also specifically reviews heterocyclic drugs from plants.

    This volume will be a valuable resource for faculty and advanced students in pharmaceutics as well as researchers, scientists, and industry professionals in medicine and drug development.

    Part 1: Drugs from Nature and Their Evaluation

    1. Facts about the Standardization of Herbal Medicines

    Vandana Garg et al.

    2. Current Perspectives and Methods for the Characterization of Natural Medicines

    Muthusamy Ramesh et al.

    3. Characterization of Phyto-Constituents

    Himangini, Faizana Fayaz, and Anjali

    4. Quality Control Methods for Herbal Medicines

    Deepak Sharma, Suresh Kumar, and Sandeep K. Thakur

    Part 2: Herbal Medicines in Cancer Therapeutics

    5. Anti-Cancer Agents from Natural Sources

    Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Felipe Gonzalez

    6. Current and Future Perspectives of Marine Drugs for Cancer Disorders: A Critical Review

    Bhaskaran Mahendran et al.

    7. Edible Pulses: Source of Anticancer Agents

    Vandana Garg, Kripi Vohra, and Harish Dureja

    Part 3: Natural Drugs with Heteroatoms

    8. Heterocyclic Drugs from Plants

    Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Valeria Garcia, and Felipe Gonzalez

    9. Heterocyclic Drug Design and Development

    Garima Verma, Mohammad Shaquiquzzaman, and Mohammad Mumtaz Alam

    Part 4: Diverse Applications of Herbal Medicines

    10. Role of Natural Agents in Management of Diabetes

    Monika Elzbieta Jach and Anna Serefko

    11. Marine Drugs: A Source of Medicines for Neuroinflammatory Disorders

    Arunachalam Muthuraman, Narahari Rishitha, and Nallapilai Paramakrishnan

    Biography



    Rohit Dutt, PhD, is a Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Medical and Allied Sciences of GD Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.



    Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Medical and Allied Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India.



    Raj K. Keservani, MPharm, is a Faculty of B. Pharmacy, CSM Group of Institutions, Prayagraj, India.



    Vandana Garg, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at M.D. University Rohtak, India.