Bioactive compounds produced by natural sources, such as plants, microbes, endophytic fungi, etc., can potentially be applied in various fields, including agriculture, biotechnology and biomedicine. Several bioactive compounds have proved to be invaluable in mediating plant-microbe interactions, and promoting plant growth and development. Due to their numerous health-promoting properties, these compounds have been widely used as a source of medication since ancient times.
However, there is an unprecedented need to meet the growing demand for natural bioactive compounds in the flavor and fragrance, food, and pharmaceutical industries. Moreover, discovering new lead molecules from natural sources is essential to overcoming the rising number of new diseases. In this regard, natural bioactive compounds hold tremendous potential for new drug discovery. Therefore, this field of research has become a vital area for researchers interested in understanding the chemistry, biosynthetic mechanisms, and pharmacological activities of these bioactive metabolites. This book describes the basics of bioactive plant compounds, their chemical properties, and their pharmacological biotechnological properties with regard to various human diseases and applications in the drug, cosmetics and herbal industries. It offers a valuable asset for all students, educators, researchers, and healthcare experts involved in agronomy, ecology, crop science, molecular biology, stress physiology, and natural products.
Author(s): Mohd Sayeed Akhtar, Mallappa Kumara Swamy, Uma Rani Sinniah
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 613
Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Production and Application of Novel Bio-active Compounds by Endophytic Microbes (Julio Alves Cardoso Filho)....Pages 1-40
Endophytes: The Unmapped Repository for Natural Products (Indira P. Sarethy, Nidhi Srivastava, Sharadwata Pan)....Pages 41-70
Microbial Hosts as a Promising Platform for Polyphenol Production (Adelaide Braga, Isabel Rocha, Nuno Faria)....Pages 71-103
Endolichenic Fungi from Common Lichens as New Sources for Valuable Bio-active Compounds (Krystle Angelique Aguda Santiago, Adeline Su Yien Ting)....Pages 105-127
Strategic Approaches for the Purification of Glycosides from Natural Sources (Anand Shyamlal Gupta)....Pages 129-147
Natural Products-Based Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitors for Obesity Treatment (Sridhar S. N. C., Ginson George, Aanchal Verma, Atish Tulshiram Paul)....Pages 149-191
Natural Compounds Extracted from Medicinal Plants and Their Applications ( Saboon, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, Sohaib Arshad, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar)....Pages 193-207
Seed Oils as a Source of Natural Bio-active Compounds (Lalduhsanga Pachuau, Chanam Melody Devi, Abhinab Goswami, Supriya Sahu, Rajat Subhra Dutta)....Pages 209-235
Essential Oils Extracted from Medicinal Plants and Their Applications (Desam Nagarjuna Reddy)....Pages 237-283
Cellulose-Based Hydrogels: Present and Future (Dilipkumar Pal, Amit Kumar Nayak, Supriyo Saha)....Pages 285-332
Influence of Elicitors and Eustressors on the Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites (Aurora Mariana Alvarado, Humberto Aguirre-Becerra, Ma. Cristina Vázquez-Hernández, Ernesto Magaña-Lopez, Ixchel Parola-Contreras, Laura Helena Caicedo-Lopez et al.)....Pages 333-388
KRAS as Potential Target in Colorectal Cancer Therapy (Shu-Kee Eng, Teng Hern Tan Loh, Bey-Hing Goh, Wai-Leng Lee)....Pages 389-424
Recent Insights on the Anticancer Properties of Flavonoids: Prospective Candidates for Cancer Chemoprevention and Therapy (Irfan A. Ansari, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar)....Pages 425-448
Natural Compounds Extracted from Moringa oleifera and Their Agricultural Applications (A. Khairulmazmi, A. Tijjani)....Pages 449-475
Natural Compound from Genus Brassica and Their Therapeutic Activities (Nida Idrees, Baby Tabassum, Robeena Sarah, Mohd Kamil Hussain)....Pages 477-491
Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents of Higher Plants (Balasupramaniam Kirubakari, Shanmugapriya, Thiagarajan Sangeetha, Soundararajan Vijayarathna, Yeng Chen, Jagat R. Kanwar et al.)....Pages 493-508
Bio-active Compounds Isolated from Neem Tree and Their Applications (Robeena Sarah, Baby Tabassum, Nida Idrees, Mohd Kamil Hussain)....Pages 509-528
Role of Plant Secondary Metabolites as Antidiabetic Agents (Varsha Vasantrao Sonkamble, Nilesh Shirish Wagh, Sandeep Ramchandra Pai)....Pages 529-550
Plant Metabolites and Pharmacological Activities of Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne (Sabahat Javid, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, Iqra Munir, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Khalid Farooq Akbar, Farhat Yasmeen et al.)....Pages 551-560
Functioning of Organosulfur Compounds from Garlic (Allium sativum Linn) in Targeting Risk Factor-Mediated Atherosclerosis: A Cross Talk Between Alternative and Modern Medicine (Parvej Ahmad, Sahir Sultan Alvi, M. Salman Khan)....Pages 561-585
Biological Activities and Nutritional Value of Physalis peruviana L. (Nosheen Akhtar, Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari, Sohaib Arshad, Hira Fatima, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, Saboon)....Pages 587-598
Essential Oil of Baccharis milleflora in the Atlantic Rain Forest of the Paraná State in Brazil: Chemical Composition and Biological Evaluation (Wanderlei do Amaral, Cícero Deschamps, Humberto R. Bizzo, Marco Antonio S. Pinto, Luiz Everson da Silva, Luiz A. Biasi et al.)....Pages 599-608
