Discovery and Development of Therapeutics from Natural Products Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dr. Goutam Brahmachari is a full professor of organic chemistry at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India. His research focuses on developing practical synthetic methods for carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds using C–H functionalization, cascade, and cross-coupling techniques, with applications in medicinal heterocyclic scaffolds. He has also studied the chemistry and biology of traditionally used Indian medicinal plants, identifying novel phytochemicals of interest.He is the founding Series Editor of Elsevier’s Natural Product Drug Discovery book series and an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. His awards include the Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Lecture Award (2025) from the Indian Science News Association (ISNA), Kolkata, India; the Dr. Satyajit Chakraborti Memorial Award (2025) from IEM, Kolkata, India; the Chemical Research Society of India Bronze Medal (2021); the Dr. Basudev Banerjee Memorial Award (2021) from the Indian Chemical Society; the Indian National Science Academy Teachers Award (2019); the Dr. Kalam Best Teaching Faculty Award (2017); and the Academic Brilliance Award (2015).

• 1. Therapeutics from Natural Products against Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Overview2. Marine Natural Products as Strategic Prototypes in the Development of a New Generation of Antimalarial Agents3. Sesquiterpene Lactones: A Versatile Class of Structurally Diverse Natural Products and Their Semisynthetic Analogs as Potential Antimalarials4. Natural and Synthetic Quinoline Molecules against Tropical Parasitic Pathologies: An Analysis of Activity and Structural Evolution for Developing New Quinoline-based Antiprotozoal Agents5. Promising Trypanocidal Heterocyclic Compounds of Natural Origin and Their Synthetic Analogs6. Oxidative Stress in Schistosomiasis, Echinococcosis, and Trypanosomiasis: A Therapeutic Approach7. Plant Derived Compounds against Protozoan Neglected Diseases: Towards Sustainable Drug Development8. Leishmaniasis Control: Limitations of Current Drugs and Prospects of Natural Products9. Natural Antileprotic Agents: A Boon for the Management of Leprosy10. Aloe Vera: A Promising Hope Against Buruli Ulcer11. Plant and Marine Products: A Promising Hope in Search of Therapeutics Against Dengue 12. Total Synthetic Approaches for Lucidone - A Promising Natural Lead Candidate Against Dengue Infection