Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

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.

• 1. Development and Application of Mukaiyama Oxidative Cyclization for the Synthesis of Substituted Tetrahydrofuran CoresMEIRE Y. KAWAMURA, ISAC G. ROSSET, SAJJAD ALI and MARCO ANTONIO B. FERREIRA2. Phosphopolyprenols, Their Glycosyl Esters and Analogs: Strategy of Chemical Synthesis, Applications and PerspectivesVYACHESLAV V. KOZLOV and LEONID L. DANILOV3. Therapeutically Relevant Natural Products as AMPK Activators in the Treatment of DiabetesJuan MANUEL GERMÁN-ACACIO, DAVID EDUARDO MEZA-SÁNCHEZ and DAVID MORALES-MORALES4. Natural Drug Cancer Treatments, Strategies from Herbal Medicine to Chemical or Biological DrugsDA-YONG LU, TING-REN LU, NAGENDRA SASTRY YARLA, YI LU, JIN-YU CHE, JIAN DING, BIN XU, HONG ZHU, YING SHEN and HONG-YING WU5. Diabetes Associated Complications and Some Indian Traditional Plants Used For Its ManagementWASHIM KHAN, SULTAN ZAHIRUDDIN and SAYEED AHMAD6. Natural Products as Anti-Alzheimer’s DrugsBABITA VEER, GEETANJALI and RAM SINGH7. Natural Bee Products and Their Apitherapeutic ApplicationsSEVGI KOLAYLI and MERVE KESKIN8. Recent Improvements in the Extraction, Cleanup and Quantification of Bioactive Flavonoids A. VIJAYA BHASKAR REDDY, M. MONIRUZZAMAN, V. MADHAVI and JAFARIAH JAAFAR9. Natural Products from Plants with Prospective Anti-Hiv Activity and Relevant Mechanisms of ActionANIRBAN MANDAL, DEW BISWAS and BANASRI HAZRA10. Advances in Bioactive Compounds from Crocus Sativus (Saffron): Structure, Bioactivity and BiotechnologyDEVENDRA KUMAR PANDEY, SAMAPIKA NANDY, ANURADHA MUKHERJEE and ABHIJIT DEY11. Functional Laxative Foods: Concepts, Trends and Health benefitsAYDIN TABRIZI, ROGAYE DARGAHI, SEPIDEH TEHRANI GHADIM, MINA JAVADI, HANIYEH RASOULI PIROUZIAN, ASLAN AZIZI and AZIZ HOMAYOUNI RAD12. Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Bioactive Natural ProductsCEMIL AYDOGAN13. Brief Review on Applications of Continuous-wave Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Natural Product Free Radical ResearchSAMEH ABOUZID and HAYAM AHMED