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1. Foreword ;
2. Preface ;
3. List of Contributors ;
4. Mother Nature ;
5. An Inexhaustible Source of Drugs and Lead Molecules ;
6. Plant Natural Products say "NO Way" to Mammalian Nitric Oxide Synthases ;
7. Natural Products as Inhibitors of Matrix Metalloproteinases ;
8. Natural Products as Anticancer Agents: An Overview ;
9. Immunomodulatory and Anti-tumor Actions of Tinospora Cordifolia (Guduchi) ;
10. Natural Products and Protozoan Neglected Diseases: Malaria, Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis ;
11. Balanites Aegyptiaca Saponins: Chemistry and Applications ;
12. Physiological Activity of Essential Oils: Aromatherapy for Holistic Healing ;
13. Chemical Studies on Taxus Canadensis ;
14. Chemical and Pharmacological research of the Plants from Genus Celastrus ;
15. Studies on the Biological Activity of the Plants of the Family Thymelaeaceae (1990-2007) ;
16. Plant Terpenoids: Old Secondary Metabolites with New Therapeutic Properties ;
17. Triterpenes for the Plants of the Family Clusiaceae (Guttiferae): Chemistry and Biological Activities ;
18. A New Flavonoidal Glycoside from Acacia Arabica (Lam.) Willd.: Chemistry and Antimicrobial Activity ;
19. Sulfated Flavonoids: Nature Playing with the Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Balance ;
20. Natural Prenylated Flavones: Chemistry and Biological Activities ;
21. An Overview ;
22. An Account on Color Reagents for Detection of Amino Acids and Interaction of Metal Ions with Some Non-Conventional Seed Proteins ;
23. X-Ray Crystallographic Studies and Role of Weak Intermolecular Interactions in Some Oxygen Heterocycles ;
24. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Behaviour of Natural Abietane-Diterpenoids: A Look Through ;
25. Michael Addition Reaction: Applications in Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products ;