TY  - CHAP
AU  - Heloisa Berti Gabriel
AU  - Rodrigo AC Sussmann
AU  - Emila A Kimura
AU  - Adriana Alejandra Marin Rodriguez
AU  - Ignasi Bofill Verdaguer
AU  - Gabriela Carolina Fernandes Leite
AU  - Alejandro Miguel Katzin
ED  - Shagufta Perveen
ED  - Areej Al-Taweel
Y1  - 2018-11-05
PY  - 2018
T1  - Terpenes as Potential Antimalarial Drugs
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. 3
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.75108
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.75108
SN  - 978-1-78984-777-2
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-19
ER  -