Atta-ur-Rahman (Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan)

Studies in Natural Products Chemistry - Studies in Natural Products Chemistry Atta-ur-Rahman (Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan)

Marc Notes: Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects. With the rapid developments in spectroscopic techniques and accompanying advances in high-throughput screening techniques, it has become possible to isolate and then determine the structures and biological activity of natural products rapidly, thus opening up exciting opportunities in the field of new drug development to the pharmaceutical industry. Table of Contents: 1. Terpenoids and Sterols from Mushrooms, "Yasunori Yaoita, Masao Kikuchi and Koichi Machida"2. From Bench to Bed Side: Natural Products and Analogues for the Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), "Simone Kobe De Oliveira, Louise Domeneghini, Chiaradia-Delatorre, Alessandra Mascarello, Beatriz Veleirinho, Fernanda Ramlov, Shirley Kuhnen, Rosendo Augusto Yunes and Marcelo Maraschin"3. Febrifugine and Its Analogues: Studies for Their Anti-Malarial and Other Therapeutic Properties, "Sanjoy Singh Ningthoujam, Anupam Das Talukdar, Deepa Nath, Norazah Basar, Kumar Singh Potsangbam and Manabendra Dutta Choudhury "4. Macrocyclic N-Methylated Cyclic Peptides and Depsipeptides, "Rani Maharani, Brad E. Sleebs and Andrew B. Hughes"5. Anticancer Drugs and Potential Anticancer Leads Inspired by Natural Products, "Prasat Pittakoop"6. Synthetic Aspects of Brassinosteroids, "Vladimir A. Khripach, Vladimir N. Zhabinskii and Yuri V. Ermolovich"7. The Chemistry and Bioactivity of Macrolides from Marine Microorganisms, "Qing-Ai Liu, Juan-Juan Zheng, Yu-Cheng Gu, Chang-Yun Wang and Chang-Lun Shao"8. Protein Kinase Inhibitors from Microorganisms, "P. Radhika, M. Murali Krishna Kumar, and K. Purna Nagasree"9. Possible Anti-Parkinson s Disease Therapeutics from Nature: A Review, "Abhijit Dey and Jitendra Nath De""