Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products 2018

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Maria Carla Marcotullio
MDPI AG, Apr 4, 2019 - Science - 374 pages

Throughout most of history, medicinal plants and their active metabolites have represented a valuable source of compounds used to prevent and to cure several diseases. Interest in natural compounds is still high as they represent a source of novel biologically/pharmacologically active compounds. Due to their high structural diversity and complexity, they are interesting structural scaffolds that can offer promising candidates for the study of new drugs, functional foods, and food additives.

Plant extracts are a highly complex mixture of compounds and qualitative and quantitative analyses are necessary to ensure their quality. Furthermore, greener methods of extraction and analysis are needed today.

This book is based on articles submitted for publication in the Special Issue entitled “Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products” that collected original research and reviews on these topics. 

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About the author (2019)

Maria Carla Marcotullio is Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Perugia, where she teaches Plant Biology and Pharmacognosy. Her main research interests focus on the isolation and identification of secondary metabolites from plants and mushrooms and on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of complex plant extracts. Currently, she is responsible for the Phytochemistry group of the Department. 

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