Discovery and Development of Anti-Breast Cancer Agents from Natural Products

Herausgegeben:Brahmachari, Goutam

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discovery and Development of Anti-Breast Cancer Agents from Natural Products presents cutting-edge research advances in the field of bioactive natural products and natural drug formulations. This volume in the Natural Products Drug Discovery series focuses on molecules of natural origin and their synthetic analogs that show promising potential to act as anti-breast cancer and chemotherapeutic agents. Combining foundational background information on cancer mechanisms with details of medicinal structures from natural products, this volume compiles the latest developments from across interdisciplinary fields.

Discovery and Development of Anti-Breast Cancer Agents from Natural Products will serve as a valuable resource for researchers working to discover promising leads for the development of novel pharmaceuticals for breast cancer, highlighting a number of key structures from natural products and exploring possible future developments in the area.

Produktdetails

• Natural Product Drug Discovery
• Verlag: Elsevier / Elsevier Science & Technology
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2019-0-01684-6
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 18mm x 152mm x 229mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780128212776
• Artikelnr.: 61185501

Autorenporträt

Goutam Brahmachari is a Professor of Chemistry at Visva-Bharati University, India, with over 25 years of teaching and research experience. He specializes in synthetic organic chemistry, green chemistry, natural products chemistry, and medicinal chemistry of natural and synthetic molecules. Prof. Brahmachari has authored or edited 27 books with leading international publishers and serves as co-editor-in-chief of Current Green Chemistry, as well as being the founding series editor of Elsevier's Natural Product Drug Discovery series. An elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, he has received prestigious awards such as the CRSI Bronze Medal (2021) and the INSA Teachers Award (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Discovery and Development of Anti-Breast Cancerous Agents From Natural Products: An Overview
2. Epothilones A and B: The 16-Membered Natural Macrolides as a Fascinating Template for Antibreast Cancer Drug Discovery
3. Anti-Breast Cancer Terpenoids of Natural Origins
4. Vinca Alkaloids as Chemotherapeutic Agents Against Breast Cancer
5. Cannabinoids and Breast Cancer
6. Carotenoids as Tools in Breast Cancer Therapy
7. Flavonoids as Inducers of Apoptosis and Autophagy in Breast Cancer
8. Phytoestrogens as Novel Therapeutic Molecules Against Breast Cancer
9. Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Potential of Natural Agents and Their Combinations for Breast Cancer
10. Nanoparticles for Delivering Natural Product Chemotherapeutics to Breast Cancer Cells
11. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Breast Cancer and Role of Plant Products in Targeted Therapy