Phytochemistry: An in-silico and in-vitro Update Advances in Phytoch
Phytochemistry is the branch of science that deals with the study of plant-derived chemicals or compounds, which are also known as phytochemicals or plant-derived secondary metabolites. Plants are known to produce phytochemicals that are essential for the
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Phytochemistry: An in-silico and in-vitro Update Advances in Phytochemical Research
Phytochemistry: An in-silico and in-vitro Update
Shashank Kumar • Chukwuebuka Egbuna Editors
Phytochemistry: An in-silico and in-vitro Update Advances in Phytochemical Research
Editors Shashank Kumar Department of Biochemistry and Microbial Sciences Central University of Punjab Bathinda, Punjab, India
Chukwuebuka Egbuna Department of Biochemistry Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Uli, Anambra, Nigeria
ISBN 978-981-13-6919-3 ISBN 978-981-13-6920-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6920-9
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Acknowledgement
Dr. Shashank Kumar acknowledges the Department of Science and Technology, India, and the University Grants Commission, India, for providing financial support in the form of DST-SERB Grant [EEQ/2016/000350] and UGC-BSR Research Start-Up Grant [No. F.30–372/2017 (BSR)], respectively.
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Contents
Part I
Phytochemicals and in-vitro Updates
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Phytochemicals as Sources of Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shahira M. Ezzat, Jaison Jeevanandam, Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Shashank Kumar, and Jonathan C. Ifemeje
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Synthetic Analogs of Phytochemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chukwuebuka Egbuna, Shahira M. Ezzat, Habibu Tijjani, and Vijay K. Srivastav
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Phytochemicals as Anticancer Drugs: Targeting the Microtubular Network of Cancer Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rajni Khan, Aroni Chatterjee, Hiya Ghosh, Sonia Kapoor, and Shashikant Ray
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Reprogramming of Tumor Associated Immune Cell
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