Natural Products as Anticancer Agents (eBook)

Bimal Krishna Banik, Aparna Das (Autoren)

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2023 | 1. Auflage
400 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-323-99711-9 (ISBN)

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Natural Products as Anticancer Agents introduces the different types of natural products that have been used for cancer treatment. Divided into four parts, covering anticancer agents derived from terrestrial plants, anticancer agents derived from the marine environment, and anticancer agents derived from microorganisms, as well as evaluation of new anticancer agents, each part includes discussion of the properties, synthesis/extraction, storage, mechanism of action, and usage of the molecules. Discussion of the future prospects in anticancer natural products-including several new trends and an indication of where research in this area is likely to go in the future-is also included. - Assists in the identification of risk factors associated with the drug development process - Includes process diagrams detailing the procedure for the isolation and purification of molecules - Covers cost-effective green approaches in the development of anticancer drugs

Bimal Krishna Banik conducted postdoctoral research at Case Western Reserve University and Stevens Institute of Technology. He is a FRSC and CChem of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and a Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society. ?Professor Banik has conducted chemistry and chemical biology research on diverse cancers; antibiotics; hormones; and green chemistry. As the Principal Investigator, he has been awarded $7.25 million grants from US NIH and US NCI. He has 372 publications along with 485 presentation abstracts and 6500 citations. He has presided 20 symposiums at the American Chemical Society National Meetings and over 2 dozen conferences at the National and International level, including 1 at the Nobel Prize celebration in Germany. He is a reviewer of 93, editorial board member of 28, editor-in-chief of 14, founder of 4, associate editor of 4 and guest editor of 6 journals. Professor Banik has served as the chair of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center's drug discovery symposiums and directed their analytical chemistry laboratory and has been selected for the Indian Chemical Society's Life-Time Achievement Award;? Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Honor Medal from the UK Parliament; US National Society of Collegiate Scholars' Best Advisor Award for students; Professor P. K. Bose Endowment Medal; Dr. M. N. Ghosh Gold Medal; University of Texas Board of Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award; 5 top-cited papers Awards by Elsevier Journals; approximately 50 certificates of excellences in his profession; Indian Association Community Service Award; ACS Member Service Award; US National Cancer Institute ?Webpage recognition; Best Researcher and Mentor Awards by the UTPA; Burdwan University Eminent Alumnus recognition; UTPA's Award for Excellence in International Studies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.11.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• ISBN-10: 0-323-99711-2 / 0323997112
• ISBN-13: 978-0-323-99711-9 / 9780323997119