Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer
ISBN: 9780123983718 | 0123983711
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS INC
Pub. Date: 10/1/2012
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Lead Compounds from Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Cancer is the first volume in the series, Pharmaceutical Leads from Medicinal Plants. The plant species described in this reference have been carefully selected based on pharmacological evidence and represent today's most promising sources of natural products for the discovery of anti-cancer drugs. Containing references to primary source material, over a hundred botanical illustrations, a table of chemical structures and much more, this book is an essential starting point for cancer researchers and those involved in anti-cancer drug discovery helping you identify the best novel lead molecules for further anti-cancer drug development. Provides a compilation of hundreds of medicinal plants from Europe, Asia, North and South America and Africa that contain prominent lead candidates for anti-cancer drug discovery Contains primary source references and hundreds of the most relevant citations from the current literature for additional research Offers cancer researchers and pharmaceutical scientists valuable tools such as chemical structures and promising pharmacological data to help them select the novel lead compounds that will best aid drug discovery.
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xv |
| About the Author | p. xvii |
| Alkaloids | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Amide Alkaloids | p. 2 |
| Piper Boehmeriifolium (Miq.) Wall. ex C. DC. | p. 2 |
| Piper Caninum Blume | p. 5 |
| Piper Chaba Hunter | p. 8 |
| Piper Longum L. | p. 10 |
| References | ... MOREp. 13 |
| Indole Alkaloids and Derivatives | p. 16 |
| Alstonia Yunnanensis Diels | p. 16 |
| Clausena Harmandiana (Pierre) Guillaumin | p. 19 |
| Melodinus Henryi Craib | p. 21 |
| Nauclea Orientalis Willd. | p. 24 |
| Winchia Calophylla A. DC. | p. 27 |
| References | p. 30 |
| Isoquinoline Alkaloids and Derivatives | p. 35 |
| Alangium Salviifolium (L.f.) Wangerin | p. 35 |
| Aristolochia Cucurbitifolia Hayata | p. 38 |
| Aristolochia Manshuriensis Kom. | p. 40 |
| Cocculus Trilobus (Thunb.) DC. | p. 43 |
| Corydalis Ternata (Nakai) Nakai | p. 46 |
| Cyclea racemosa Oliv. | p. 48 |
| Goniothalamus Amuyon (Blco.) Merr. | p. 51 |
| Macleaya Microcarpa (Maxim.) Fedde | p. 55 |
| References | p. 59 |
| Terpenoid Alkaloids | p. 67 |
| Daphniphyllum Glaucescens Blume | p. 67 |
| Nuphar Pumila (Timm) DC. | p. 70 |
| Pachysandra Terminalis Siebold Zucc. | p. 72 |
| References | p. 78 |
| Other Alkaloids | p. 81 |
| Dysoxylum Acutangulum Miq. | p. 81 |
| Ficus Septica Burm.f. | p. 84 |
| References | p. 92 |
| Terpenes | p. 97 |
| Introduction | p. 97 |
| Sesquiterpenes | p. 99 |
| Atractylodes Macrocephala Koidz. | p. 99 |
| Curcuma Wenyujin Y.H. Chen C. Ling | p. 103 |
| Duhaldea Cappa (Buch.Ham. ex D. Don) Pruski Anderb. | p. 107 |
| Ixeris Chinensis (Thunb.) Kitag. | p. 110 |
| Parasenecio Delphiniphyllus (H.Lév.) Y.L. Chen | p. 118 |
| References | p. 122 |
| Diterpenes | p. 128 |
| Clerodendrum Kaichianum P.S. Hsu | p. 128 |
| Euphorbia Fischeriana Steud. | p. 132 |
| Vitex Rotundifolia L.f. | p. 135 |
| Isodon Rubescens (Hemsl.) H. Hara | p. 138 |
| References | p. 141 |
| Triterpenes | p. 147 |
| Alisma Orientale (Sam.) Juz. | p. 147 |
| Schisandra Henryi C.B. Clarke | p. 151 |
| Cucurbita Pepo L. | p. 166 |
| Brucea Javanica (L.) Merr. | p. 178 |
| Dictamnus Dasycarpus Turcz. | p. 191 |
| Pulsatilla Chinensis (Bunge) Regel | p. 208 |
| Clinopodium Chinense (Benth.) Kuntze | p. 223 |
| References | p. 244 |
| Phenolics | p. 267 |
| Introduction | p. 267 |
| Benzopyrones | p. 269 |
| Morus Australis Poir. | p. 269 |
| Hedyotis Biflora (L.) Lam. | p. 289 |
| Garcinia Oligantha Merr. | p. 306 |
| References | p. 328 |
| Quinones | p. 341 |
| Juglans Mandshurica Maxim. | p. 341 |
| Rubia Cordifolia L. | p. 354 |
| References | p. 361 |
| Lignans | p. 369 |
| Houpoea Obovata (Thunb.) N.H. Xia C.Y. Wu | p. 369 |
| References | p. 378 |
| Index of Natural Products | p. 381 |
| Index of Oncological and Related Terms | p. 391 |
| Index of Plants | p. 397 |
| Subject Index | p. 403 |
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