Advances in Natural Products: Importance in Health and Economy/Nam S & T Centre

by Zaheer Ahmed, Ahsana Dar

ISBN: 9788170358862
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 9495.00
Biblio : xvii+250p., col. plts., figs., tabls., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. Zaheer Ahmed is working in H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Centre for Chemical & Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.<br/>Dr. Ahsana Dar is working in H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, International Centre for Chemical & Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

About The Book

Natural products, including plants, animals and minerals have been the basis of treatment of human diseases and have been exploited for human use for thousands of years. These have been the most important sources of drugs and drug leads in history, underlined by the fact 61 per cent of all new chemical entities introduced worldwide as drugs during 1981-2002 can be traced to or were inspired by natural products. The developing world is performing extensive work in identifying enormous natural res

Table of Contents

Contents Part I: Scientific Studies on Medicinal Herbs; Chapter 1: Herbicidal Activity of Calendula officinalis Extracts on Wheat Palant by Y W A EI-Sheikh, Karima H E Hagag and A S Marzouk; Chapter 2: Chemical Investigation of Prunus mahalab L Kernels by Khaled A Shams; Chapter 3: Addressing Social Equity Through “Anti-fertility and Abortifacient Effect s of Dipsacus mitis D Don” by Sumitra Singh; Chapter 4: Chemical Constituents from Some Medicinally Important Plant Dildar Ali, Munawwar Hussai