Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

Atta-ur-Rahman, Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry.

The series also covers the synthesis or testing and recording of the medicinal properties of natural products, providing cutting edge accounts of the fascinating developments in the isolation, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis and pharmacology of a diverse array of bioactive natural products.

Fabrication of Cellulose Hydrogels and Characterization of Their Biocompatible Films
Cannabis and Bioactive Cannabinoids
Electrochemical Monitoring of the Pharmacological Activity of Natural Products
Structural Elucidation of Saponins: A Combined Approach Based on High Resolution Spectroscopic Techniques
Ecdysteroids in Plants and Their Pharmacological Effects in Vertebrates and Humans
Drimane-Related Merosesquiterpenoids, a Promising Library of Metabolites for Drug Development
The Structure-Activity Relationships of Plant Secondary Metabolites with Antimicrobial, Free Radical Scavenging and Inhibitory Activity towards Selected Enzymes
Marine Polyacetylenes: Distribution, Biological Properties, and Synthesis
Bioactive Natural Products from Marine-Derived Fungi - An Update
Mushrooms: A Source of Exciting Bioactive Compounds
Natural Bioactive Molecules: Mechanism of Actions and Perspectives in Organ Pathophysiology
Oxindole Alkaloids of Uncaria (Rubiaceae, Subfamily Cinchonoideae): A Review of Its Structure, Properties and Bioactivities