Evolutionary Diversity as a Source for Anticancer Molecules

Evolutionary Diversity as a Source for Anticancer Molecules discusses evolutionary diversity as source for anticancer agents derived from bacteria, algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes, and gymnosperms. The book goes over the isolation of anticancer agents and the technologyenabled screening process used to develop anticancer drugs. The book also includes discussion of the nutraceuticals and natural products derived from invertebrates that can be used as part of cancer treatment.

Evolutionary Diversity as a Source for Anticancer Molecules also deals with some of the current challenges in the prevention of cancer as well as the side effects of conventional drugs used for cancer patients. This book is a valuable resource for cancer researchers, oncologists, biotechnologists, pharmacologists, and any member of the biomedical field interested in understanding more about natural products with anticancer potential.

Discusses the application of natural products in place of conventional drugs to minimize the side effects in cancer treatmentExplains the relation between evolutionary mechanisms and climate change for production of secondary metabolites

Preface
1. Evolutionary mechanism for biosynthesis of diverse
molecules
2. Impact of ploidy changes on secondary metabolites
productions in plants
3. Effect of climate change on plant secondary metabolism:
An ecological perspective
4. Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from
natural resources: Metabolomics and molecular approaches
5. Single-celled bacteria as tool for cancer therapy
6. Metabolic pathways for production of anticancer
compounds in cyanobacteria
7. Prophyletic origin of algae as potential repository of
anticancer compounds
8. Metabolic versatility of fungi as a source for anticancer
compounds
9. Structural information of natural product metabolites in
bryophytes
10. Landscape of natural product diversity in land-plants as
source for anticancer molecules
11. Anticancer natural product from marine invertebrates
12. Melatonin: A scientific journey from the discovery
in bovine pineal gland to a promising oncostatic agent:
An evolutionary perspective
13. Spice up your food for cancer prevention: Cancer
chemo-prevention by natural compounds from
common dietary spices
14. Significance of nutraceuticals in cancer therapy
15. Common techniques and methods for screening of natural
products for developing of anticancer drugs
Index