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. a-synuclein and Tau, Two Targets for Dementia 2. Implications of Phytochemicals as Disease-Modifying Agents against Huntington’s disease (Hd): Bioactivity, Animal Models and Transgenics, Synergism and Structure-Activity Studies 3. Amaranth: A Reservoir of Antioxidant-Based Phytonutrient for Combating Degenerative Diseases 4. Alternative Sources of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids 5. Bioactive Natural Products for the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus 6. Polysaccharides and Polysaccharide Complexes as Potential Sources of Antidiabetic Compounds: A Review 7. Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia) as an Emerging Therapeutic Agent: Modulating Metabolic Regulation and Cell Signaling Cascade 8. Natural Products as Anti-Inflammatory Agents 9. Natural Bioactive Compounds in Carrot Waste for Food Applications and Health Benefits 10. Cyanobacterial Peptides with Respect to Anticancer Activity: Structural and Functional Perspective 11. Targeting DNA Topoisomerases in Parasitic Protozoa by Natural Products: Chemical and Biological Perspectives 12. Triterpenoids: Structural Diversity, Biosynthetic Pathway and Bioactivity 13. Nanobiocides against Marine Biofouling