Antitumor Potential and other Emerging Medicinal Properties of Natural Compounds

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Lectins: Personal Comments of Nathan Sharon Taken from his Memoirs (Translation from Hebrew)....Pages 3-11
The History of Lectinology....Pages 13-20
Animal and Human Lectins....Pages 21-32
Lectins of Marine Origin and Their Clinical Applications....Pages 33-54
Medicinal Applications of Plant Lectins....Pages 55-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Plant Nucleases from Nuclease I Family: Their Properties and Antitumor Potential....Pages 77-91
Bovine Seminal Ribonuclease and Its Special Features: When Two is Better Than One....Pages 93-113
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The Discovery of MAP30 and Elucidation of its Medicinal Activities....Pages 117-126
Ribosome Inactivating Proteins from Plants: Biological Properties and their Use in Experimental Therapy....Pages 127-143
Current Status and Biomedical Applications of Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins....Pages 145-179
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The Health Benefits of the Bowman-Birk Inhibitor....Pages 183-186
Peptidic Inhibitors of Serine Proteinases of Plant Origin....Pages 187-204
Anti-Tumor Effect of Synthetic Serine Protease Inhibitor....Pages 205-212
A Landscape of the Health Benefits of Different Natural Protease Inhibitors....Pages 213-224
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Autophagy Upregulation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Neurodegenerative Diseases....Pages 227-238
Rapamycin: Current and Future Uses....Pages 239-247
Eating, Drinking, Smoking and Cancer Prevention: A Focus on Acetaldehyde....Pages 249-262
The Use of Edible Mushroom Water Soluble Polysaccharides in the Treatment and Prevention of Chronic Diseases: A Mechanistic Approach....Pages 263-283
Essential Oil Constituents: Biodiversity and Their Applicability for Cancer Therapy....Pages 285-300
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Recent Research on Pharmacological Activities of the Medicinal Fungus Cordyceps sinensis ....Pages 303-314
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
The Bitter Fruit with Sweet Health Benefits: A Comprehensive Synopsis of Recent Research Progress on Medicinal Properties of Momordica Charantia ....Pages 315-334
Bioactive Constituents of the Silk Worm Bombyx mori ....Pages 335-344
Proteins with Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activities from Mammals, Submammalian Vertebrates and Invertebrates....Pages 345-357
Defense Proteins with Antiproliferative and Antimicrobial Activities from Fungi and Bacteria....Pages 359-373
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The Role of the GP-TCM Research Association to Modernization and Globalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine....Pages 377-385
High-Throughput Screening in Traditional Chinese Medicine-Based Drug Discovery....Pages 387-404
Front Matter....Pages 405-405
Achievements, Questions Arising and Future Outlook on the Path to Discover New Medicinal Compounds....Pages 407-417
Back Matter....Pages 419-423