Resourcing of Natural Products for the Development of Anticancer Leads.

      Аннотация: The book describes the phytochemical investigations of three medicinal plants; Rhododendron lepidotum, Salvia sclarea and Podophyllum hexandrum, in addition to chemical modifications of D-pinitol, sclareol and podophyllotoxin, the major isolates from R. lepidotum, S. sclarea and P. hexandrum respectively, and bio-evaluation studies of the synthesized derivatives. The chemistry involved in the synthesis of analogs includes modern click chemistry, modified Heck Coupling reaction along with other conventional chemical reactions

Ключевые слова: Natural products, anticancer, Podophyllotoxin, Rhododendron