Medicinal Chemistry
Endangered Plants
Herbal medicines are assumed to be of great importance in the primary health care of individuals and communities. The World Health Organization has estimated that 80% of the population of developing countries still relies on traditional medicines, mostly plant drugs, for primary health care needs. The high degree of efficacy and safety of herbal medicines make them more acceptable compared to other therapeutic inventions. Plant-based traditional knowledge has become a recognized tool in the search for new sources of drugs and nutraceuticals. Our basic aim is to identify the plants which are on the verge of extinction and find the medicinal value of that plant, which can be used in our day-to-day life.
Anti-Cancer molecules
Alkaloids are a class of naturally occurring organic nitrogen containing compounds. Typical alkaloids are derived from plant sources, they are basic, they contain one or more nitrogen atoms (usually in a heterocyclic ring) and they usually have a marked physiological action on man or other animals. Alkaloids have potent anticancer activity against various cancers. Our intentions are to synthesis some alkaloids and study their biological properties.
