TY - CHAP AU - Roberto José Serrano Vega AU - Nimsi Campos Xolalpa AU - Angel Josabad Alonso Castro AU - Cuauhtémoc Pérez González AU - Julia Pérez Ramos AU - Salud Pérez Gutiérrez ED - Shagufta Perveen ED - Areej Al-Taweel Y1 - 2018-12-19 PY - 2018 T1 - Terpenes from Natural Products with Potential Anti-Inflammatory Activity N2 - Terpenes belong to the diverse class of chemical constituents isolated from materials found in nature (plants, fungi, insects, marine organisms, plant pathogens, animals and endophytes). These metabolites have simple to complex structures derived from Isopentyl diphosphate (IPP), dimethyl allyl diphosphate (DMAPP), mevalonate and deoxyxylulose biosynthetic pathways. Terpenes play a very important role in human health and have significant biological activities (anticancer, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiallergic, skin permeation enhancer, anti-diabetic, immunomodulatory, anti-insecticidal). This book gives an overview and highlights recent research in the phytochemical and biological understanding of terpenes and terpenoid and explains the most essential functions of these kinds of secondary metabolites isolated from natural sources. BT - Terpenes and Terpenoids SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.73215 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.73215 SN - 978-1-78984-777-2 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -