Overview
- Describes the production of bioactive metabolites from microbes
- Highlights the pharmacological potential of marine microbes
- Explores the significant roles and functions of siderophores in the antimicrobial field
- Gives insight in the potential of endophytic fungi and their bioactive secondary metabolites
- Emphasizes the significance of probiotics and their specialized molecules in human health and disease as well as the role of probiotics as a dietary intervention for reducing the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases
Part of the book series: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World (ECSW, volume 28)
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This book deals with the noteworthy advancement in the production of bioactive metabolites from microbes and their pharmacological significance. It highlights the pharmacological potential of marine microbes and endophytic fungi and their bioactive secondary metabolites. Emphasis is also given on the significance of probiotics and their specialized molecules in human health and disease as well as their role in dietary intervention for reducing the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This work also serves as excellent reference material for researchers, students and academicians in the field of natural product chemistry, pharmacology and applied microbiology.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Divya Arora is working in Microbial Biotechnology Division at CSIR- Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu. She has obtained her Ph.D. from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu.
Chetan Sharma is working as Research Associate, College of Dairy Science and Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Science University, Ludhiana, India.
Sundeep Jaglan, 38, is working as Scientist in the Microbial Biotechnology Division atthe CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India.
Eric Lichtfouse, 58, is a biogeochemist at the University of Aix-Marseille, France. He is the inventor of carbon-13 dating and author of the book Scientific Writing for Impact Factor Journals. He is Chief Editor and founder of Environmental Chemistry Letters, Sustainable Agriculture Reviews and Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World (Springer Nature), and Publier La Science (INRA). His actual research interests include soil carbon sequestration and temporal pools of individual substances in complex media.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pharmaceuticals from Microbes
Book Subtitle: Impact on Drug Discovery
Editors: Divya Arora, Chetan Sharma, Sundeep Jaglan, Eric Lichtfouse
Series Title: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04675-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-04674-3Published: 21 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-04675-0Published: 12 February 2019
Series ISSN: 2213-7114
Series E-ISSN: 2213-7122
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 226
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Applied Microbiology, Drug Resistance, Infectious Diseases, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology, Marine & Freshwater Sciences