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. Anticancer Activity of Curcumin-loaded Nanocarriers: A Focus on Combined Therapeutic Modalities2. Microbial Intervention in the Etiology of Cancers from Smokeless Tobacco3. Thymoquinone and Cancer: Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutic Applications4. Poly-glycosidic Iridoids: Occurrence, Chemophenetics and Biological Activities5. Recent Advances in Oxylipin-driven Repair Mechanisms in Vascular Dysfunction-related Diseases6. Biotechnological Approaches to the Production of Commercially Important Cardiac Glycosides from Digitalis L. (Foxglove)7. Starch-based Antioxidants Formulations for Pharmaceutical Purposes8. Emerging Tools to Study Phenolic Compounds from Tropical Fruits: Extraction, Identification, Protection, and Computational Approaches9. Strigolactones: From Plant Hormone Class to Medicinal Agents10. Natural Products as Potential Therapeutic Agents Against Microplastic-Induced Neurodegenerative Disease11. Recent Developments in the Treatment of Leishmaniasis: Natural Compounds, Drug Targets, in silico Molecular Docking Approaches, and Nanocarriers12. Phenolic Compounds from Marine Invertebrates: Bioprospecting and Chemical Synthesis