Using Old Solutions to New Problems - Natural Drug Discovery in the 21st Century

Edited by Marianna Kulka

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Abstract: The medicinal use of plants, animals and microorganisms has been a part of human evolution and likely began before recorded history. Is it possible that this knowledge can be used to create powerful new drugs and solve some of the human health problems facing us today? This book is a collection of an expert team of agronomists, chemists, biologists and policy makers who discuss some of the processes involved in developing a naturally-sourced bioactive compound into a drug therapy. These experts define a natural compound and elucidate the processes required to find, extract and define a naturally-derived bioactive molecule. Finally, they describe the necessity for understanding the fundamental mechanisms of disease before applying bioactive molecules in bioassay-guided drug discovery platforms.

JEL-codes: I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
ISBN: 978-953-51-1158-0
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A Glance at the Complexity of Nutrition and the Prostate: Considering Molecular Targets to Unravel the Most Recent Controversy Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Their Impact on Prostate Cancer Risk

Gailene Ann Tobin, Robert Hurta and Marianna Kulka

A New Perspective on the Development of Cholesterol- Lowering Products

Yanwen Wang and Sandhya V.G. Nair

Anticancer Properties of Phytochemicals Present in Medicinal Plants of North America

H.P. Vasantha Rupasinghe and Wasundara Fernando

Asthma in the 21st Century -- Unexpected Applications of Ancient Treatments

Priyanka Pundir, Xiaofeng Wang and Marianna Kulka

Discovery, Development, and Regulation of Natural Products

Juergen Krause and Gailene Tobin

Genetic, Agronomy, and Metabolomics of Prince Edwards Island Wild Rose Collection and Promise for Cultivar Development

Bourlaye Fofana, Kaushik Ghose, Bob Chapman and Kevin Sanderson

Magnetic Resonance Technologies: Molecules to Medicine

Nadine Merkley, Ian Burton, Tobias Karakach and Ray Syvitski

Marine Flatfish-Derived Bioactive Peptides: From the Ocean to the Bedside

Susan Douglas

Marine Natural Products for Protein Misfolding Modulation

Kathryn Vanya Ewart and James C. Giffin

Mechanisms and Treatment of Photoaging and Photodamage

Marianna Kulka

Plant Based Natural Products and Breast Cancer: Considering Multi-Faceted Disease Aspects, Past Successes, and Promising Future Interventions

Gailene Ann Tobin, Ruwani Kalupahana and Marianna Kulka

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DOI: 10.5772/46069

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