Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780443300868)

Antidiabetic Drug Discovery from Natural Products provides up-to-date and in-depth information, practical understanding, and guidance in a comprehensive, systematic and easy-to-understand manner to scientists, researchers, and graduate students on important and emerging biochemical topics related to current antidiabetic drug discovery research. This book analyzes and studies natural active substances and their medicinal chemistry in preventing and treating diabetes and its complications. It covers a wide range of critical issues to assist chemists in the discovery and development of safer, more affordable treatments, from identifying promising leads from medicinal plants to the extraction and synthesis of bioactive compounds.

Following an introduction to bioactive chemical compounds from plants with antidiabetic effects, the book describes the discovery and extraction of antidiabetic drugs and antioxidants from natural sources. It also examines antidiabetic plants before delving deeper into the chemistry behind major medicinal substances and their derivatives like Mangiferin and Resveratrol, discussing both current and prospective uses.

Author: Shailendra S. Gurav
ISBN-10: 0443300860
ISBN-13: 9780443300868
Publisher: Elsevier
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2025
Pages: 500
Format: Paperback