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. Studies of pentacyclic triterpenoids structures and antidiabetic properties of Myrianthus genus 2. Limonoids and other secondary metabolites of Azadirachta indica (neem) and Azadirachta indica var. siamensis (Siamese neem), and their bioactivities 3. Steroidal sapogenins from genus Trillium: Chemistry, synthesis, and opportunities in neuro-active steroids designing 4. Biological activity and 13C NMR spectral data of skeleton type C20 quassinoids (1985–2019) 5. Carotenoid isomers: A systematic review of the analysis, biological activity, physico

6. Methods, characteristics, variance, and genetics of pine oleoresin components, and their potential for renewable and sustainable energy 7. Biologically active compounds from Lamiaceae family: Central nervous system effects 8. The chemical constituents and biological activities of Cnidoscolus chayamansa McVaugh, a Mexican medicinal species, and plant cell cultures for the production of bioactive secondary metabolites 9. Developments in extraction, purification, and structural elucidation of proanthocyanidins (2000–2019) 10. A review on xanthone derivatives with antiinflammatory effects and their structure–activity relationship 11. Biotransformation in the production of secondary metabolites

12. The role of natural and nature-based compounds against Chikungunya and Mayaro alphaviruses and their vectors