Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 108

The first contribution summarizes current trends in research on medicinal plants in Mexico with emphasis on work carried out at the authors' laboratories. The most relevant phytochemical and pharmacological profiles of a selected group of plants used widely for treating major national health problems are described. The second contribution provides a detailed survey of the so far reported literature data on the capacities of selected oxyprenylated phenylpropanoids and polyketides to trigger receptors, enzymes, and other types of cellular factors for which they exhibit a high degree of affinity and therefore evoke specifice responses. And the third contribution discusses aspects of endophytic actinobacterial biology and chemistry, including biosynthesis and total synthesis of secondary metabolites produced in culture. It also presents perspectives fo the future of microbial biodiscovery, with emphasis on the seondary metabolism of endophytic actinobacteria.

List of contents

Chemistry and biology of selected Mexican medicinal plants.- Biomolecular targets of oxyprenylated phenylpropanoids and polyketides.- Secondary metabolites of endophytic actinomycetes: isolation, synthesis, biosynthesis, and biological activities.

Summary

The first contribution summarizes current trends in research on medicinal plants in Mexico with emphasis on work carried out at the authors' laboratories. The most relevant phytochemical and pharmacological profiles of a selected group of plants used widely for treating major national health problems are described. The second contribution provides a detailed survey of the so far reported literature data on the capacities of selected oxyprenylated phenylpropanoids and polyketides to trigger receptors, enzymes, and other types of cellular factors for which they exhibit a high degree of affinity and therefore evoke specifice responses. And the third contribution discusses aspects of endophytic actinobacterial biology and chemistry, including biosynthesis and total synthesis of secondary metabolites produced in culture. It also presents perspectives fo the future of microbial biodiscovery, with emphasis on the seondary metabolism of endophytic actinobacteria.

Product details

• Assisted by: Yoshinori Asakawa (Editor), Hein Falk (Editor), Heinz Falk (Editor), Simon Gibbons (Editor), Simon Gibbons et al (Editor), A. Douglas Kinghorn (Editor), Jun'ichi Kobayashi (Editor), Ji-Kai Liu (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030010980
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3001098-0
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 22 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 606 g
• Illustrations: V, 296 p. 208 illus., 59 illus. in color.
• Series: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products; Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Organic chemistry; C, Medizinische Chemie, Pharmazeutische Chemie, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, biochemistry, Chemistry and Materials Science, Industrial chemistry & chemical engineering, Pharmaceutical technology, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, analgesic and anti-inflammatory agents