Pharmacological Potential of Selected Natural Compounds in the Control of Parasitic Diseases
The natural world with a large number of terrestrial and marine plants and lower organisms is a great source of bioactive compounds historically used as remedies in various diseases. Within the last decade, such compounds became more attractive targets for pharmacologists and the pharmaceutical indu...
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| Language: | English |
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Vienna :
Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Pharmaceutical Science & Drug Development,
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1325-7 |
Table of Contents:
- Protozoan infections, pathology and therapy
- Current antiprotozoan drugs and problem of resistance
- Natural compounds with direct antiprotozoal activity
- Natural compounds isolated from higher plants
- Bioactive compounds from lower terrestrial organisms
- Marine organisms undiscovered source of the potential drugs
- Concluding remarks
- Parasitic helminthes of human and amimals: health impact and control
- Anthelmintic drugs efficacy, side effects and resistance
- Natural compounds with direct anthelmintic activity
- Anthelmintic potential of higher plants
- Lower terrestrial and marine organisms in anthelmintic drug discovery
- Concluding remarks
- Combined therapy of parasitic infections using substances from natural sources
- Host pathology and immunosuppression during parasitic infections
- Natural compounds with immunomodulatory effects
- Natural compounds with antioxidant and other host-protecting activities
- Summary: perpectives and possibilities in drug discovery from natural sources.