Natural Products Books

New and Published Books

1. Marine Nutraceuticals

   Prospects and Perspectives

   Edited by Se-Kwon Kim

   Series: Nutraceuticals

   There is a great deal of consumer interest in natural bioactive substances due to their health benefits. Offering the potential to provide valuable nutraceuticals and functional food ingredients, marine-derived compounds are an abundant source of nutritionally and pharmacologically active agents,...

   Published March 24th 2013 by CRC Press
2. American Herbal Products Association’s Botanical Safety Handbook, Second Edition

   Edited by Zoë Gardner, Michael McGuffin

   Access to accurate, evidence-based, and clinically relevant information is essential to anyone who uses or recommends herbal products. With input from some of the most respected experts in herbal and integrative medicine, this completely revised edition of the American Herbal Products Association’s...

   Published March 14th 2013 by CRC Press
3. Chemistry and Pharmacology of Naturally Occurring Bioactive Compounds

   Edited by Goutam Brahmachari

   Natural products play crucial roles in modern drug development, and constitute a prolific source of novel lead compounds or pharmacophores for ongoing drug discovery programs. Chemistry and Pharmacology of Naturally Occurring Bioactive Compounds presents cutting-edge research in the chemistry of...

   Published February 19th 2013 by CRC Press
4. World Economic Plants

   A Standard Reference, Second Edition

   By John H. Wiersema, Blanca León

   Given the frequent movement of commercial plants outside their native location, the consistent and standard use of plant names for proper identification and communication has become increasingly important. This second edition of World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference is a key tool in the...

   Published January 6th 2013 by CRC Press
5. Marine Pharmacognosy

   Trends and Applications

   Edited by Se-Kwon Kim

   Diverse and abundant, marine-derived bioactive compounds offer a plethora of pharmacologically active agents with the potential to produce valuable therapeutic entities. Marine-derived organisms, including some macroalgae, microalgae, blue-green algae, invertebrates, and vertebrates—valued in...

   Published December 5th 2012 by CRC Press
6. Phytochemicals

   Health Promotion and Therapeutic Potential

   Edited by Colleen Carkeet, Kerry Grann, R. Keith Randolph, Dawna Salter Venzon, Samantha Izzy

   Increasing knowledge of the various protective effects of phytochemicals has sparked interest in further understanding their role in human health. Phytochemicals: Health Promotion and Therapeutic Potential is the seventh in a series representing the emerging science with respect to plant-based...

   Published September 19th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Chemistry of Natural Products

   A Laboratory Handbook

   By N R Krishnaswamy

   This book is a laboratory companion to Chemistry of Natural products - A Unified Approach, which was extensively revised and enlarged earlier this year. Some of the additions made therein need to be viewed from a practical perspective and this can be done in a revised edition of the laboratory...

   Published July 1st 2012 by CRC Press
8. Medicinal Plants of China, Korea, and Japan

   Bioresources for Tomorrow’s Drugs and Cosmetics

   By Christophe Wiart

   Asian medicinal plants show great promise in pharmaceutical and cosmetological development. Researchers engaged in the discovery of new leads in these areas need robust conceptual tools and understanding of interrelated basics of botany, ethnobotany, biomolecular pharmacology, phytochemistry, and...

   Published May 10th 2012 by CRC Press
9. Flavonoids and Related Compounds

   Bioavailability and Function

   Edited by Jeremy P. E. Spencer, Alan Crozier

   Series: Oxidative Stress and Disease

   Flavonoids exert a multiplicity of biological effects on humans and can have beneficial implications for numerous disease states. Flavonoids and Related Compounds: Bioavailability and Function examines current knowledge regarding the absorption, metabolism, and bioavailability of individual...

   Published April 23rd 2012 by CRC Press
10. Dates

    Production, Processing, Food, and Medicinal Values

    Edited by A. Manickavasagan, M. Mohamed Essa, E. Sukumar

    Series: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles

    Of the many varieties of date palms, the species Phoenix dactylifera Linn. is cultivated extensively and traded and consumed worldwide. Dates: Production, Processing, Food, and Medicinal Values draws from a broad spectrum of contributors to present a comprehensive survey of this particular species....

    Published April 19th 2012 by CRC Press