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1 online resource (xi, 610 pages) : illustrations |
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Preface ; Contents; The Contributors; 1. Use of Plants for Management of Alzheimer's Disease; INTRODUCTION; ACTIVITIES RELEVANT TO THE TREATMENT OF AD; PLANTS AND PLANT COMPOUNDS OF INTEREST; ALKALOIDAL INHIBITORS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 2. Antiviral Activity of Sulfated Polysaccharides of Marine Red Algae; INTRODUCTION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY: FUNCTIONS AND MECHANISMS; SUMMARY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 3. Anti-Inflammatory and Antiallergic Properties of Triterpenoids from Plants; INTRODUCTION; INFLAMMATION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS AND THEIR ACTION |
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RESEARCH ON NEW ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGSBIOASSAY METHODS; 1. ANIMAL MODELS OF INFLAMMATION; 2. IN VITRO ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STUDIES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIALLERGIC ACTIVITY OF SELECTED TRITERPENOIDS; 2. INHIBITION OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 4. Antioxidant Compounds Extracted from Several Plant Materials; INTRODUCTION; CHARACTERIZATION OF ANTIOXIDANTS; PLANT METABOLITES WITH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; SOURCES OF ANTIOXIDANTS FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY; REFERENCES; 5. Antimicrobial Activity of Terpenes Isolated from African Plants; INTRODUCTION; MONOTERPENES; SESQUITERPENES |
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DITERPENESTRITERPENES; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 6. Antimalarial and Antifungal Alkaloids from Plants; INTRODUCTION; ANTIMALARIAL ALKLOIDS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 7. Anticancer Compounds from Higher Plants; INTRODUCTION; OTHER ANTINEOPLASTIC (OR ANTITUMOR) GROUPS (CANDIDATES AS ANTICANCER DRUGS); CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 8. Biologically Active Natural Products from Marine Fungi; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 9. Antioxidant Metabolites from Marine Derived Fungi; OXIDATIVE STRESS AND ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIOXIDANTS FROM MARINE ORGANISMS |
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EVALUATION OF MARINE FUNGAL METABOLITES FOR ANTIOXIDATIVE ACTIVITYCONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 10. Antiangiogenic Compounds from Marine Invertebrates; INTRODUCTION; POLYSACCHARIDES FROM MARINE ALGAE; MARINE MICROORGANISMS AND PHYTOPLANKTON; SPONGES; BRYOZOANS; BIOASSAYS; REFERENCES; 11. Biologically Active Terpenoids from Sponges; INTRODUCTION; SESQUITERPENOIDS; DITERPENOIDS; SESTERTERPENOIDS; TRITERPENOIDS; POLYPRENYLQUINOLS; REFERENCES; 12. Bioactive Polyacetylenic Compounds from Marine Sponges; INTRODUCTION; OCCURRENCE OF POLYACETYLENES IN SPONGES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES |
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13. Bioactive Natural Products from NudibranchsINTRODUCTION; CHEMICAL STUDIES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 14. Barnacle Underwater Adhesive: Complexity from Multi-Functionality in a Multi-Protein Complex; LARVAL ATTACHMENT; ADULT BARNACLE UNDERWATER ADHESIVE (CEMENT); IDENTIFICATION OF THE CEMENT PROTEINS; UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CEMENT PROTEINS; COMPARISON WITH HOLDFAST PROTEINS IN OTHER ORGANISMS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF PEPTIDE-BASED MATERIALS; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; 15. Secondary Metabolites of Biological Significance from Echinoderms; INTRODUCTION |
| Summary |
Organisms, both aquatic and terrestrial, are sources of a wide variety of substances, many of which have already been shown to be bioactive. They play a wide variety of physiological and environmental roles. These chemicals include a broad array of proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides. Many of these natural products find applications in industry, agriculture, and medicine. The emphasis of study now is on testing and the development of new applications to solve medical and environmental problems, among others. This volume explores ongoing efforts to develop these natural products into commercially viable materials that will contribute to solving, especially, health and environmental problems worldwide. Among the chapters in this volume are ones that deal with the use of compounds from plants to treat Alzheimer?s disease, the antimicrobial activity of terpenes from African plants, antioxidant compounds from plants, antiangiogenic compounds from marine invertebrates, bioactive natural products from marine fungi |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Biomedical materials.
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Bioactive compounds -- Biotechnology
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Biotechnology.
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Bioengineering.
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Biological Factors -- therapeutic use
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Biotechnology
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Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
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Materials Testing
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Biomedical and Dental Materials
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Biocompatible Materials
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bioengineering.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Marine Biology.
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Biotechnology
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Bioengineering
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Bioactive compounds -- Biotechnology
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Biomedical materials
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fingerman, Milton, 1928-
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Nagabhushanam, Rachakonda.
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| LC no. |
2006285199 |
| ISBN |
9781578085484 |
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1578085489 |
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