Search for Structurally Unique Bioactive Natural Products

Bioactive Natural Products 2016

1Laboratory of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece 2Institute of Technology of Agricultural Products, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-DEMETER, 15310 Athens, Greece 3Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AD, UK 4School of Biomedical Scienc...

Bioactive marine natural products

Bioactive marine natural products can be defined as biologically active products, both secondary metabolites as well as enzymes, lipids and heteropolysaccharides derived from marine sources. Marine natural products have been found to be an important source of drugs and drug leads. These natural products are secondary metabolites and enhance survival fitness and may serve as chemical weapons use...

Natural wound healing and bioactive natural products

A wound is a disruption of the normal anatomical structure and function of a tissue. Wounds cure in an orderly and timely repair process which is characterized by three dynamic and interactive phases: inflammation, proliferation and the remodeling. The present review was designed to elaborate the cellular and molecular targets for plant secondary metabolites that target the various aspects of w...

screening plants for bioactive natural products, using ecological chemistry observations

Bioactive Natural Products: Facts, Applications, and Challenges

1 Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece 2 Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AD, UK 3Department of Food Studies and Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta 4 Inst...