Functions of Plant Secondary Metabolites and Their Antifungal Activity

Plant Products as Medical Drugs and Antimicrobial Agents

Amal A. I. Mekawey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

348 Seiten

2017
Scholars' Press (Verlag)
978-3-330-65117-3 (ISBN)

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The book for new antifungal drugs often involves secondary metabolites from plants because of their pharmacological activity against foreign pathogens. Among the modern drugs in use today about 40% are of natural origin. To distinguish the secondary metabolites they can be divided into groups based on their structure or biosynthetic origin. When searching for new antifungal agents it is crucial to search for a mechanism of action for which unwanted side effects can be avoided. This can be done if the mechanism of action only involves fungal cells and not mammalian cells. For that reason it is interesting to investigate a relation between the biosynthetic origin of the antifungal compound and it's mode of action against fungi.

Amal Ahmed Ibrahim Mekawey - professor of microbiology and Head of fungal identification at the Regional Center for Mycology and Biotechnology, Al - Azhar University; Head of AIM Lab for medical diagnosis. Head of AIM Lab. for clinical diagnosis.

Erscheinungsdatum	07.06.2017
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	534 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Schlagworte	Active • Antifungal • compounds • Fungi • Plant
ISBN-10	3-330-65117-2 / 3330651172
ISBN-13	978-3-330-65117-3 / 9783330651173
Zustand	Neuware