Natural products represents an important source of new lead compounds in drug discovery
research. Several drugs currently used as therapeutic agents have been developed from …

This review is an updated and expanded version of the five prior reviews that were
published in this journal in 1997, 2003, 2007, 2012, and 2016. For all approved therapeutic …

The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2, which is the
causative agent of a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern …

Nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit distinct features compared to traditional physico-chemical
synthesis and they have many applications in a wide range of fields of life sciences such as …

Natural products are used since ancient times in folklore for the treatment of various
ailments. Plant‐derived products have been recognized for many years as a source of …

Phenols and phenolic ethers are significant scaffolds recurring both in nature and among
approved small-molecule pharmaceuticals. This compendium presents the first …

The global medicine market is about 1.1 trillion US dollars. About 35 percent of medicines
have originated from natural products. Brazil presents the largest biodiversity in the world …

This contribution is a completely updated and expanded version of the four prior analogous
reviews that were published in this journal in 1997, 2003, 2007, and 2012. In the case of all …

Essential oils (EOs) are complex mixtures of low molecular weight compounds extracted
from plants by steam distillation and various solvents. Terpenoids and phenylpropanoids are …

The screening and testing of extracts against a variety of pharmacological targets in order to
benefit from the immense natural chemical diversity is a concern in many laboratories …