Importance to the field: Natural products are the most consistently successful source of drug
leads, both historically and currently. Despite this, the use of natural products in industrial …

Historically, the majority of new drugs have been generated from natural products
(secondary metabolites) and from compounds derived from natural products. During the past …

The development of traditional medicine with the perspectives of safety, efficacy and quality
would help not only to preserve the traditional heritage but also to rationalize the use of …

Plants are rich in a variety of compounds. Many are secondary metabolites and include
aromatic substances, most of which are phenols or their oxygen-substituted derivatives such …

As volume 2 of this three-volume set on phytochemistry, this book features chapters that
comprehensively review a selection of important recent advances in ethnopharmacology …

Covering: 1970 to 2020 By definition total synthesis is the art and science of making the
molecules of living Nature in the laboratory, and by extension, their analogues. Although …

Publisher Summary Plant-based systems continue to play an essential role in health care,
and their use by different cultures is extensively documented. This chapter reviews the …

The discovery of new biologically active compounds derived from natural products seems to
be the main objective of many scientific researchers and pharmaceutical companies …

Covering: 31st December 2004Natural product and natural product-derived compounds that
are being evaluated in clinical trials or in registration (current 31 December 2004) have …

In the period 1970–2006, a total of 24 unique natural products were discovered that led to
an approved drug. We analyze these successful leads in terms of drug-like properties, and …