Secondary metabolites (SM) are compounds that are not necessary for a cell (organism) to
live, but play a role in the interaction of the cell (organism) with its environment. These …

The growing incidence of microorganisms that resist antimicrobials is a constant concern for
the scientific community, while the development of new antimicrobials from new chemical …

Medicinal Natural Products, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide providing information
on all classes of natural products in medicine. It builds upon fundamental chemical …

In Cameroon, infectious diseases are amongst the most commonly notified diseases and
largest cause of mortality. Many plants are used locally in traditional medicine for their …

Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are heterocyclic secondary metabolites with a typical
pyrrolizidine motif predominantly produced by plants as defense chemicals against …

Abstract Treatment of diabetes mellitus by oral α-glucosidase inhibitors is currently confined
to acarbose, miglitol and voglibose marred by efficacy problems and unwanted side effects …

The challenge of this work is the functionalization of new 8-hydroxyquinoline derivatives by
a simple method achieving a very good yield (80–90%). The corrosion inhibition …

Glycoside trimming enzymes are crucially important in a broad range of metabolic pathways,
including glycoprotein and glycolipid processing and carbohydrate digestion in the intestinal …

Iminosugars comprise the most attractive class of carbohydrate mimetics reported to date
and are ideally positioned to take advantage of our increasing understanding of …

For the purpose of this article, iminosugars are polyhydroxylated secondary and tertiary
amines in which the molecules resemble monosaccharide sugars in which the ring oxygen …