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Summary: Demonstrating the connections between agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals this book explores the use of plants and plant products in the formulation and development of pharmaceuticals. Experts from around the world examine a multitude of topics, including evaluation of extracts from tropical plants for potential anticancer activity and cancer chemopreventive activity; use of Chinese lacquer tree sap products as pharmaceutical intermediates; and new approaches to drug discovery from the rainforest. It also includes plant-derived products and their analogs, with antitumor, anti-HIV, and antifungal activity and presents structure-activity relationships of antimalarials. |