Medicine & Health Sciences

Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin
Editors: Rohit Dutt, PhD
Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm
Raj K. Keservani, MPharm
Vandana Garg, PhD

Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: November 2020
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771888868
E-Book ISBN: 9781003010395
Pages: 480pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback
Notes: 6 color and 65 b/w illustrations

This new volume, Promising Drug Molecules of Natural Origin, explores potential beneficial drug substances derived from nature. It presents the general principles, characteristics, evaluation techniques, and applications involved in drug molecules from natural sources, such as plants and marine life. With chapters from renowned experts from around the world, the chapters in this volume address the challenges of standardization of herbal medicines, methods of characterization of natural medicines and phyto-constituents, and quality control methods for herbal medicines. Several chapters in the book focus on the evolution of phyto-constituents in cancer therapeutics, while others deal with applications for other diseases, such as diabetes and neuroinflammatory disorders. The volume also specifically reviews heterocyclic drugs from plants.

Key features:

  • Provides an exhaustive overview of drugs originating from nature
  • Covers scientific study protocols for characterization
  • Presents diverse applications and uses for herbal medicines
  • Looks at the use of herbal medicines for specific diseases and health conditions, such as diabetes and neuroinflammatory disorders


This volume will be a valuable resource for faculty and advanced students in pharmaceutics as well as researchers, scientists, and industry professionals in medicine and drug development.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: DRUGS FROM NATURE AND THEIR EVALUATION
1. Facts about the Standardization of Herbal Medicines
Vandana Garg, Ghazala Zia, Mahima Chauhan, and Rohit Dutt

2. Current Perspectives and Methods for the Characterization of Natural Medicines
Muthusamy Ramesh, Arunachalam Muthuraman, Nallapilai Paramakrishnan, and Balasubramanyam I. Vishwanathan

3. Characterization of Phyto-Constituents
Himangini, Faizana Fayaz, and Anjali

4. Quality Control Methods for Herbal Medicines
Deepak Sharma, Suresh Kumar, and Sandeep K. Thakur

PART II: HERBAL MEDICINES IN CANCER THERAPEUTICS
5. Anti-Cancer Agents from Natural Sources
Debasish Bandyopadhyay and Felipe Gonzalez

6. Current and Future Perspectives of Marine Drugs for Cancer Disorders: A Critical Review
Bhaskaran Mahendran, Thirumalaraju Vaishnavi, Vishakante Gowda, Johurul Islam, Narahari Rishitha, Arunachalam Muthuraman, and Rajavel Varatharajan

7. Edible Pulses: Source of Anticancer Agents
Vandana Garg, Kripi Vohra, and Harish Dureja

PART III: NATURAL DRUGS WITH HETEROATOMS
8. Heterocyclic Drugs from Plants
Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Valeria Garcia, and Felipe Gonzalez

9. Heterocyclic Drugs Design and Development
Garima Verma, Mohammad Shaquiquzzaman, and Mohammad Mumtaz Alam

PART IV: DIVERSE APPLICATIONS OF HERBAL MEDICINES
10. Role of Natural Agents in Management of Diabetes
Monika El?bieta Jach and Anna Serefko

11. Marine Drugs: A Source of Medicines for Neuroinflammatory Disorders
Arunachalam Muthuraman, Narahari Rishitha, and Nallapilai Paramakrishnan

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Rohit Dutt, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Rohit Dutt, PhD, is a Professor and Associate Dean at the School of Medical and Allied Sciences of GD Goenka University, Gurugram, Haryana, India. He is a medicinal chemist with expertise in phytochemical screening and herbal drug development. Presently, he is pursuing research in the field of lead identification and optimization from natural sources. He is a referee and reviewer of manuscripts for many international journals. Several of his drug design tools were incorporated into leading CADD software being marketed by various multinational companies. He has more than 40 research/review publications, most of them in international journals. He was also honored with an “APTI Best Young Pharmacy Teacher of the Year Award” in 2015 for his excellent contribution to the field of pharmacy education.

Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm
Assistant Professor, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India

Anil K. Sharma, PhD, MPharm, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Medical and Allied Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India. He has more than 10 years of experience in academics. He has published 28 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international reputed journals as well as 15 book chapters and 12 edited books. His research interests encompass nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), drug delivery, nanotechnology, health science/life science, and biology/cancer biology/neurobiology.

Raj K. Keservani, MPharm
Faculty of B. Pharmacy, CSM Group of Institutions, Prayagraj, India

Raj K. Keservani, MPharm, is a Faculty of B. Pharmacy, CSM Group of Institutions, Prayagraj, India. He has more than seven years of academic (teaching) experience at various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has published 30 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, 15 book chapters, three co-authored books, and 12 edited books. He is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery/ drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology.

Vandana Garg, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at M.D. University Rohtak, India

Vandana Garg, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at M.D. University Rohtak, India. Her fields of specialization is phytochemical screening of natural resources. Her expertise is in tissue culture. Isolation and extraction of phyto-constituents enabled her to conduct research in the areas of herbal drug design and development. Her present area of research is identification and development of anti-cancer agents from natural sources. She is well versed in various analytical techniques used for the isolation and characterization of phytochemicals. She has more than 14 years of experience in academics. She has published 29 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international reputed journals as well as six book chapters and one edited book.




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