The field of bioactive compounds from medicinal mushrooms and plants has garnered significant attention due to the increasing ...

Phytochemicals in Vegetables: A Valuable Source of Bioactive Compounds presents information about the phytochemical (common and scarce) content of several cultivated vegetables, as well as their ...

Natural compounds continue to play a key role in drug development. Many clinically approved drugs are either unmodified natural products or their semi-synthetic derivatives. This book series presents ...

A recent study by an interdisciplinary research team shows how a soil bacterium can become a source of inspiration in the search of new active substances. Genomic analyses of the plant pathogen ...

Star anise is spice that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. It has powerful bioactive compounds that may help treat fungal, bacterial, and viral infections. Star ...