Editors: Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Pallavi Kaushik

Series Title: Frontiers in Bioactive Compounds

Therapeutic Implications of Natural Bioactive Compounds

Volume 3

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ISSN: 2468-6395 (Print)
ISSN: 2468-6409 (Online)
ISBN: 978-981-5080-03-2 (Print)
ISBN: 978-981-5080-02-5 (Online)
Year of Publication: 2017
DOI: 10.2174/97898150800251220301

Introduction

This volume is a comprehensive compilation of contributions on the state of art knowledge about bioactive compounds including their sources, isolation methods, biological effects, health benefits and potential applications. These bioactive compounds could serve as alternatives in the prevention or treatment of multifactorial diseases for vulnerable population groups.

Chapters in the book incorporate the knowledge based on traditional medicine with recent findings on bioactive molecules and their pharmaceutical implications in neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, COVID 19, diabetes, immunomodulation and farm animal diseases.

The book also highlights the latest breakthroughs in the field of screening, characterization, and novel applications of natural bioactive compounds from diverse group of organisms ranging from bacteria, algae, fungi, higher plants, and marine sources.

Authors from renowned institutions of India, Japan and China have shared their expertise in the contributed chapters with the goal of enhancing readers’ knowledge about the significance of use of bioactives in therapeutics and nutraceuticals.

It is an informative reference for researchers, professors, graduate students, science enthusiasts, and all those who wish to gain insights into various aspects of bioactive compounds and development of new pharmacological active constituents and nutritional science.

Audience: Researchers, professors, graduate students, science enthusiasts, and all those who wish to gain insights into various aspects of bioactive compounds and development of new pharmacological active constituents and nutritional science.

Contributors

Editor(s):
Mukesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Zoology
SPC Government College
Ajmer -305001, Rajasthan
India


Pallavi Kaushik
Department of Zoology
University of Rajasthan
Jaipur-302004, Rajasthan
India




Contributor(s):
Amit Kumar Dixit
Central Ayurveda Research Institute-CCRAS
Kolkata
India


Amrita C. Bhagwat
Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences
Lavale, Pune, Maharashtra
India


Amrita M. Patil
Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences
Lavale, Pune, Maharashtra
India


Avijit Banerji
Central AyurvedaResearch Institute-CCRAS
Ministry of Ayush, Kolkata
India
/
Formerly of Chemistry Department
Kolkata
India


Damodar Gupta
Institute for Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences
DRDO, New Delhi
India


Deepti Dixit
School of Biochemistry
Madhya Pradesh
India


Devojit K. Sarma
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health
Bhopal
India


Julie Banerji
Formerly of Chemistry Department
Kolkata
India


Manoj Kumar
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health
Bhopal
India


Mayank Handa
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Raebareli
Lucknow, U.P., 226002
India


Meenakshi Samartha
Department of Zoology
Bhopal
India


Mukesh Kumar Sharma
Department of Zoology
Ajmer-305001
India


Nandini Goswami
IIS (deemed to be University) Jaipur
Rajasthan, 302020
India


Neetu Kachhwaha
Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan
Jaipur-302004
India


Neha Jain
Department of Zoology
Jaipur-302004
India


Pallavi Kaushik
Department of Zoology
Jaipur, Rajasthan
India


Parvathy G. Nair
National Ayurveda Research Institute for Panchakarma
Thrisuur, Kerala
India


Prachi Jain
Department of Zoology
Jaipur, Rajasthan
India


Pritom Chowdhury
Department of Biotechnology, Tea Research Association
Jorhat, Assam
India


P.V.V. Prasad
Central Ayurveda Research Institute-CCRAS
Kolkata
India


Qadir Alam
Central Ayurveda Research Institute-CCRAS
Kolkata
India


Rahul Shukla
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Raebareli
Lucknow, U.P., 226002
India


Rajani Sharma
Department of Microbiology
Jaipur
India


Ravindra M. Samarth
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health
Bhopal
India
/
ICMR-Bhopal Memorial Hospital & Research Centre
Bhopal
India


Renu Khandelwal
Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan
Jaipur-302004
India


S.J.S. Flora
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research-Raebareli
Lucknow, U.P., 226002
India


Shalini Jain
IIS (deemed to be University) Jaipur
Rajasthan, 302020
India


Sicheng Liu
Department of General Surgery, Innovation Center for Minimally Invasive Techniques and Devices
Zhejiang, 310019, Hangzhou
China


Sneha Keelka
Department of Zoology
Jaipur-302004, Rajasthan
India


Sreemoyee Chatterjee
IIS (deemed to be University) Jaipur
Rajasthan, 302020
India


Sunil D. Saroj
Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences
Lavale, Pune, Maharashtra
India


Swasti Shubham
ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health
Bhopal
India


Yoshihisa Matsumoto
nstitute of Innovative Research
Tokyo
Japan