Natural Products as Source of Molecules with Therapeutic Potential (eBook)

Valdir Cechinel Filho is a Professor/researcher at the Postgraduate Program (M/D) in Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI) in Santa Catarina, Brazil. He has experienced in the field of Organic Chemistry, focusing on the following topics: bioactive natural products, synthesis of molecules of biological interest, and investigation of the relationship between chemical structure and biological activity. Editor of six books, over twenty contributed chapters and over 300 papers and reviews, besides 12 patents. In 2017, he received the highest Commendation of Academic Merit of the Council of Rectors of Brazilian Universities (CRUB) for his contribution to the Brazilian Higher Education. In March 2018, he became President of the Foundation UNIVALI and Rector of UNIVALI, with a mandate to head the institution until 2022.

1. Medicinal plants and Phytomedicines 2. Biotechnology as strategy to produce bioactive principles from higher plants 3. Metabolomic aspects to study medicinal plants 4. Functional foods as source of bioactive principles: some marked examples 5. Contribution of ethnopharmacology to the research and development of new drugs 6. Molecular and physiological actions of flavonoids: need for clinical trials to assess its benefits in human disease 7. Current approaches to isolation and structural elucidation of active compounds from natural products 8. Stereoselective synthesis of biologically active natural products 9. Natural products as source of anticancer agents: current approach and perspectives 10. NAPROC-13, an useful database to identify active compounds from natural products 11. Translational research in natural products and drug research 12. Virtual screening as a tool to discovery active principles from natural products 13. Current regulatory scenario of herbal products in Europe and comparison with other countries 14. Development and use of polymeric nanoparticles for the encapsulation and administration of plant extracts 15. Phenotype-guided natural products discovery using cytological profiling 16. The importance of Traditional Chinese Medicine in drug discovery 17. Quality control and adulterants in herbal medicinal products