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. Echinoderms: A Review of Bioactive Compounds with Potential Health Effects 2. Sea Cucumber Triterpene Glycosides as Anticancer Agents 3. Cytotoxic Alkaloid Constituents of the Amaryllidaceae 4. Bioactivity and Synthesis of Diarylheptanoids from Alpinia Officinarum 5. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Endophytic Fungi: A Review of Biotechnological Production of and their Potential Applications 6. Natural Product Inhibitors of Ubiquitin Conjugation and Deconjugation 7. Sesquiterpene Lactones: Structural Diversity and Perspectives as Anti-Inflammatory Molecules 8. Application of Monoclonal Antibodies against Ginsenosides in the Field Of Ginseng Studies 9. The Chemistry of Mushrooms: A Survey of Novel Extraction Techniques targeted to Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Screening 10. Carbohydrate- Based Therapeutics: A Frontier in Drug Discovery and Development 11. Biologically Active Compounds from the Genus Centaurium s.l. (Gentianaceae): Current Knowledge and Future Prospects in Medicine