Biodiversity, Natural Products And Cancer Treatment

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Biodiversity, Natural Products And Cancer Treatment

Oncology Pharmacology Biodiversity Pharmaceutical chemistry and technology

Authors: Thomas Efferth, Victor Kuete

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Language: English

Published by: World Scientific

Published on: 15th July 2014

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 412 pages

ISBN: 9789814583527


Introduction

This book is the first of its kind in bringing together biodiversity, chemical ecology, phytochemistry and cancer therapy.

Highlights

The highlight of the book is an exhaustive compilation of scientific data on biodiversity of medicinal plants, biodiversity and metagenomics, chemical ecology of medicinal plants, chemical ecology of marine organisms, natural products from terrestrial microbial organisms with activity towards cancer cells, marine organisms, ethnopharmacology and phytotherapy, contribution of African flora in world fight against cancer, natural products derived from terrestrial plants with activity towards cancer cells and established anticancer drugs from natural origin.

Purpose and Audience

The book discusses the state-of-the-art of each topic to serve as reference resource tools for graduate students as well as scientists and scholars in pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacology, organic chemistry and biochemistry, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, ethnomedicine and ethnopharmacology, complementary and alternative medicine, medical and public health sciences and others.

Recent Developments

It includes cutting-edge developments in anticancer discovery from both medicinal plants and organisms.

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