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Phytoconstituents and Antifungals

  • 1st Edition - August 20, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: Awanish Kumar
  • Language: English

Phytoconstituents and Antifungals covers a wide range of specific information on various phytoconstituents, their antifungal mode and the diagnosis and management of fungal in… Read more

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Description

Phytoconstituents and Antifungals covers a wide range of specific information on various phytoconstituents, their antifungal mode and the diagnosis and management of fungal infections. The book offers encouragement and empowers readers to re-embrace their knowledge of phytoconstituents and their various antifungal activities against most opportunistic pathogenic fungi as fungal diseases cause an estimated 1.5+ million deaths annually and over one billion people suffer from severe fungal disease. In this complex scenario, it is now clear that global warming and accompanying climate changes have resulted in increased incidence of many fungal infections.

On the basis of all these factors, concerns on the occurrence of a pandemic fungal origin in the near future have been raised. In this context, to stop forgetting and underestimating fungal diseases is mandatory.

Key features

  • Provides readers with up-to-date information on different phytoconstituents over fungal strain
  • Collectively addresses important and updated material on fungal diseases
  • Conveys the knowledge needed to understand and improve success in managing and combating fungal diseases worldwide

Readership

Researchers and investigators working in the area of pathogenic human fungal infections. Researchers in applied microbiology, molecular biology, mycology, biotechnology, biochemistry, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery etc; Basic and applied scientists of different disciplines (microbiologist, molecular biologists, medicinal chemists, mycologist) specialists in different sub-disciplines of phytomedicines, and students in postgraduate and PhD programs

Table of contents

1. Major disease caused by fungal infection

2. Antifungal discovery from plant sources

3. Phytoconstituents as Antifungals

4. Plant alkaloids

5. Plant phenolics

6. Plant terpenes

7. Glycosides and polysaccharides

8. Peptides and polypeptides

9. Oils and resins

10. Conclusions

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 20, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Awanish Kumar

Dr. Awanish Kumar is an Associate Professor of the Department of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has more than 13 years of research experience. He received his PhD in molecular parasitology from the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, and completed his postdoctoral studies at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. His research interests are infection biology, drug targeting, and drug discovery.

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, India

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