New Findings from Natural Substances present the state-of-the-art and future prospects for the application of biomolecules in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, food and industrial sectors. The book presents eight reviews contributed by more than twenty experts on interesting natural substances, and plant sources, that serve as sources of natural remedies for a variety of ailments. The reviews in the book cover the use of herbs like Heliotropium and Astragalus. Additional health benefits of extracts from essential oils, Caenorhabditis elegans, and olive oil, as well as the medicinal use of rosmarinic acid and hydrolates. The contributions highlight a range of pharmacological agents from natural sources that have anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective and neuroprotective effects. The contents are presented in a simple and organized style. The book will broaden the knowledge about biological products for a variety of readers - generalists, students and researchers, alike.
About the editors:
Antonio Tiezzi is Professor of Botany and Head of the Laboratory of Plant Cytology and Biotechnology of Natural Substances at Tuscia University, Dept. for the Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forestal systems, Viterbo, Italy. He graduated in Biology from the University of Siena, Italy, in 1979 and was Visiting Scholar at the Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland, under an EMBO fellowship. In 1982, he gained experience in the vaccine industry at Sclavo (then Novartis and presently GSK) and in 1983 he undertook research at the Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA. In 1985, he worked at Siena University and since 1992 he has been serving as Professor at Tuscia University. His main research areas include plant cytoskeleton – he discovered the motor protein kinesin in plants and became a board member of the European Cytoskeleton Forum – and bioactive plant substances.
Elisa Ovidi is an Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Plant Cytology and Biotechnology of Natural Substances, Department of Innovation of Biological Systems, Food, and Forestry, Tuscia University, Italy where she got her Ph.D. degree in Genetics and Cellular Biology. She is involved in investigations concerning the biology and chemistry of natural substances to identify potential active biomolecules for the development of new drugs and active principles for pharmaceuticals. Furthermore, her research activities are also focused on the biology of reproduction in higher plants and on the study of plant cell structural and molecular components. She has also been involved in numerous research projects and collaborations with laboratories from different countries.
Tomasz M. Karpiński is a professor at Poznań University of Medical Sciences, Poland. He is the Head of the Department of Medical Microbiology. He is a specialist in medical microbiology. His research focus is on human microbiome, infectious diseases, and microbial drug resistance. Moreover, he is engaged in in silico and in vitro research on the antibacterial, antifungal and anticancer activity of plant extracts, natural compounds and synthetic substances. He is the author or co-author of over 100 scientific articles.
Keywords:
Drug delivery, Antimicrobial , Plant biomolecules, Anti-inflammatory, Natural substances, Antioxidant, Medicinal chemistry, Neuroprotective, Traditional medicine, Cardioprotective, Ethnomedicine, Hepatoprotective, Phytotherapy, Oxidative stress, Drug investigations, Secondary metabolites, Cytotoxicity, Essential oils, Anti-cancer, Hydrolates
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