Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

Atta-ur-Rahman, Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

• 1. Recent Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Anti-Cancer Natural Products That Target Mitochondrial Bioenergetics2. Plant-Derived Small Molecule Inhibitors as Modulators of EMT Pathway in Cancer Chemoprevention3. Bioactive Polysaccharides and Their Derivatives from Microalgae: Biosynthesis, Applications, and Challenges4. Metabolites Produced By Macro- And Microalgae as Plant Biostimulants5. Marine Collagen6. Fenugreek (trigonella foenum-graecum l.) Seed: Promising Source of Nutraceutical7. Importance of Quinazoline and Quinazolinone Derivatives in Medicinal Chemistry8. Plant Secondary Metabolites for Preferential Targeting Among Various Stressors of Metabolic Syndrome9. Flavonoids of Passiflora: Isolation, Structure Elucidation and Biotechnological Application10. Recent Developments on the Synthesis of Functionalized Carbohydrate/Sugar Derivatives Involving the Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-H Activation / C-H Functionalization11. Asymmetric Synthesis of Butyrolactones by Aldol Reactions