Viral infections are among the most complex medical problems and have been a major
threat to the economy and global health. Several epidemics and pandemics have occurred …

Plant-based medicines have been playing a pivotal role in the primary health care needs of
humans since thousands of years. For the pharmaceutical industry, natural products serve …

This book describes a unique class of secondary metabolites, the mono-and dimeric
naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids. They occur in lianas of the paleotropical Ancistrocladaceae …

The viruses historically implicated or currently considered as candidates for misuse in
bioterrorist events are poxviruses, filoviruses, bunyaviruses, orthomyxoviruses …

Pancreatic cancer is a highly aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. Its tumor
microenvironment is characterized by severe nutrient deprivation and hypoxia, leading to …

Drosera rotundifolia L. is a carnivorous plant used in traditional medicine for its therapeutic
properties. Because of its small size, its collection in nature is laborious and different …

Background The gut microbiome is closely associated with the health of the host; although
the interaction between the bacterial microbiome and the whole virome has rarely been …

Context The emergence of zoonotic viruses in the last decades culminating with COVID-19
and challenges posed by the resistance of RNA viruses to antiviral drugs requires the …

Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids are a fascinating class of natural biaryl compounds. They
show characteristic mono-and dimeric scaffolds, with chiral axes and stereogenic centers …

Medicinal Plants in the Asia Pacific for Zoonotic Pandemics provides an unprecedented,
comprehensive overview of the botany, ethnopharmacology, and pharmacology of more …