Nature has been recognized as a rich source of medicinal compounds for hundreds to
thousands of years. Today, a vast range of drugs, which represent the cornerstones of …

This book focuses on the modern approach to the isolation of biologically active natural
products and provides numerous examples of the isolation and characterization of …

Context: In recent decades, natural products have undisputedly played a leading role in the
development of novel medicines. Yet, trends in the pharmaceutical industry at the level of …

In this review we describe and discuss several approaches to selecting higher plants as
candidates for drug development with the greatest possibility of success. We emphasize the …

Natural products are a major source of therapeutic agents since ancient times and many of
them have been approved as potent drugs or drug candidates. The chief sources of natural …

The role and importance of natural products and natural products research has often been
the subject of discussion in recent years. Some companies have curtailed their efforts in this …

Synthesis of Medicinal Agents from Plants highlights the importance of synthesizing
medicinal agents from plants and outlines methods for performing it effectively. Beginning …

Plants or their crude extracts have been used since prehistory to treat human ailments.
Plants are still used in this way in many parts of the world, but Western scientific medicine …

Medicinal preparations derived from natural sources, especially from plants, have been in
widespread use since time immemorial. Ancient texts of India and China contain exhaustive …

Although the use of natural products as leads to drugs waned in the early 1980s with the rise
of combinatorial chemistry as a putative discovery tool, inspection of the chemical literature …