Studies in Natural Products Chemistry. Bioactive Natural Products. Volume 65

Table of Contents

1. New Opportunities for the Application of Natural Products Based on Nitric Oxide Modulation: From Research to Registered Patents 2. Lead Molecules from Natural Products: Insight into Tubercular Targets 3. Opportunities and Challenges for Flavonoids as Potential Leads for the Treatment of Tuberculosis 4. Marine Dinoflagellates as Source of New Bioactive Structures 5. Post Inflammatory Hyperpigmentation vs. Progressive Macular hypomelanosis and their Solutions from Natural Products 6. The Fungal Myrothecium Genus as a Source of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites 7. The Effects of Curcuma Longa L. and its Constituents in Respiratory Disorders and Molecular Mechanisms of their Action 8. Naringenin (4, 5, 7-Trihydroxyflavanone) as a Potent Neuro-Protective agent: From Chemistry to Medicine 9. Jatrophane Diterpenes from Euphorbiaceae Family 10. Utilization of Rh-Carbenoid C-H Insertion Reactions for the Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products 11. An Overview on Chemistry of Natural Aldose Reductase Inhibitors for the Management of Diabetic Complications

Authors

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, Pakistan. 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, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.