Bioactive natural products for pharmaceutical applications

A thorough review of the natural bioactive compounds collected from plants, microbes, and algae has been presented in this book. It contributes detailed and specialized information on different types of phytoconstituents involving alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, phenolic compounds, polysaccharides, gum, proteins, enzymes, etc. and their versatile applications in the field of pharmaceutical and medical sciences, cosmetics, nutrition, tissue engineering, food, immunology, and biomedicine. The role of different phytocompounds in cancer preventions and cure; diabetic control; and antimicrobial applications including antibacterial and antifungal properties, cardiac tissue engineering, and cosmetics has been discussed in this book. Some special topics related to secondary metabolites production, stress and defense mechanism, and elicitor signal transduction in plant secondary metabolites, camptothecin, carvacrol, GABA, ginsenoside, etc. are presented in this book in detail. In a summary, the present book possesses a valuable resource with respect to its exclusivity on various bioactive natural products and their applications in pharmaceutical fields. This book is a valuable resource for research scholars, academics, students, industrialists, and subject experts working in the multidisciplinary fields like medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology, natural product chemistry, and other areas related to drug discovery and research.