Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

Content: 
Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages ix-xi

Preface
Pages xiii-xiv
Atta-ur-Rahman

Studies in Natural Products Chemistry
Page xv

Chapter 1 - Botanical Medicines for Diuresis: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
Pages 1-41
Robert A. Halberstein

Chapter 2 - The Artemisia L. Genus: A Review of Bioactive Sesquiterpene Lactones
Pages 43-65
María José Abad Martínez, Luis Miguel Bedoya Del Olmo, Luis Apaza Ticona, Paulina Bermejo Benito

Chapter 3 - Secondary Metabolites with Antinematodal Activity from Higher Plants
Pages 67-114
Ligang Zhou, Jingguo Wang, Kui Wang, Jianmei Xu, Jianglin Zhao, Tijiang Shan, Chao Luo

Chapter 4 - Beneficial Health Effects of Bioactive Compounds Present in Spices and Aromatic Herbs
Pages 115-134
Fernández-López Juana, Pérez-Alvarez José Angel, Viuda-Martos Manuel

Chapter 5 - Bioactive Plant Isoprenoids: Biosynthetic and Biotechnological Approaches
Pages 135-171
Mariana Galata, Soheil Mahmoud

Chapter 6 - Trypanocidal Monoterpenes: Lead Compounds to Design Future Trypanocidal Drugs
Pages 173-190
Soodabeh Saeidnia, Ahmad Reza Gohari

Chapter 7 - Plant and Fungi 3,4-Dihydroisocoumarins: Structures, Biological Activity, and Taxonomic Relationships
Pages 191-215
Alessandra Braca, Ammar Bader, Nunziatina De Tommasi

Chapter 8 - The Modern Analytical Determination of Botanicals and Similar Novel Natural Products by the HPTLC Fingerprint Approach
Pages 217-258
Marcello Nicoletti, Valentina Petitto, Francesca R. Gallo, Giuseppina Multari, Elena Federici, Giovanna Palazzino

Chapter 9 - Natural Antioxidants (NAO) of Plants Acting as Scavengers of Free Radicals
Pages 259-275
Warjeet S. Laitonjam

Chapter 10 - Bioactive Natural Products as Potential Candidates to Control Aedes aegypti, the Vector of Dengue
Pages 277-376
Regina Geris, Paulo Roberto Ribeiro, Maurício Da Silva Brandão, Heloísa Helena Garcia Da Silva, Ionizete Garcia Da Silva

Subject Index
Pages 377-404