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. The Effects of Nut Consumption on the Inhibition of Obesity-Related Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases 2. Bioactive Peptides: Improving the Future of Diabetes Therapy 3. Anti-Diabetic Bioactive Natural Products from Medicinal Plants 4. Himalayan Medicinal Plants for Treatment of Diabetes: Their Active Components and Underlying Mechanism 5. Employment of Selective Pharmacologically Active Natural Compounds in Treatment and Management of Osteoporosis 6. Plant Polyphenols as Potent Antioxidants: Highlighting the Mechanism of Antioxidant Activity and Synthesis/Development of Some Polyphenol Conjugates 7. Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait and Urinary Tract Infections 8. Recent Advances in the Recovery of Tannins from Natural Matter 9. Recent Developments in Natural Bioactive Peptides: Anticancer Potential and Structure-Activity Relationships 10. Recent Advances in Natural Product-Based Anticancer Agents