Comprehensive Bioactive Natural Products, 8 Volumes Set

"Volume-1: Despite of the enormous potential, only a minor fraction of globe's living species has ever been tested for any bioactivity. For instance, approximately only 10% of all existing plant species has been assayed, and in the case of microbes the value is even lower. Natural products have a range of potential applications, including pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, and controls agents for crop pests and diseases. Extracts and bio molecules with promising activity are unscrupulously screened for efficacy to determine if these products have a potential for commercial development. Volume-2: Natural product preparations in the past and even today have been the major source of numerous highly potent pharmaceutical agents, and indeed, more than 90% of current therapeutic classes have been derived from a natural product prototype. Interestingly, even today, roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of the world's population relies upon medicinal plants for its primary pharmaceutical care. This is due to their greater potency and lesser side effects. During the past two decades, traditional systems of medicine have become a subject of global importance and about thirty per cent of the worldwide sales of drugs is based on natural products. Majority of the population in most developing countries continue to use bioactive natural products for their common health needs has resulted in increased concern about efficacy, safety and clinical evaluation of these products. Volume-3: Bioactive compounds from natural products have attracted the attention of biologists and chemists throughout the world and are getting much attention nowadays for treating various diseases. Natural drugs are boon to mankind; they have fewer side effects as compared to allopathic medicine. Although the use of natural medicine is increasing worldwide, there are concerns about the efficacy, safety and clinical evaluation. In the present volume Efficacy, Safety & Clinical Evaluation-Part II of the boo