Natural products represent a key source of novel drug leads and their essential value in anticancer research is being increasingly recognized. The presence, quantity, and structural characteristics of natural compounds within the same species could differ between regions as a result of environmental variations contributing to intraspecific chemodiversity. The Balkan Peninsula is a vital part of Europe’s biodiversity, with a considerable number of endemic species and with a broad ecosystem distribution. This region provides an unlimited supply of unique, structurally diverse compounds and offers vast potential for discovering and developing therapeutics for human benefit. This chapter gives an overview of anticancer compounds derived from natural sources of the Balkans and underlines the importance for the long-term conservation of biodiversity in this part of Europe.
Keywords:
The Balkan region / biodiversity / chemodiversity / medicinal plants / anticancer drugs
Source:
Biodiversity and Biomedicine: our future, 2020, 137-159
TY - CHAP
AU - Dinić, Jelena
AU - Novaković, Miroslav
AU - Pešić, Milica
PY - 2020
UR - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4396
AB - Natural products represent a key source of novel drug leads and their essential value in anticancer research is being increasingly recognized. The presence, quantity, and structural characteristics of natural compounds within the same species could differ between regions as a result of environmental variations contributing to intraspecific chemodiversity. The Balkan Peninsula is a vital part of Europe’s biodiversity, with a considerable number of endemic species and with a broad ecosystem distribution. This region provides an unlimited supply of unique, structurally diverse compounds and offers vast potential for discovering and developing therapeutics for human benefit. This chapter gives an overview of anticancer compounds derived from natural sources of the Balkans and underlines the importance for the long-term conservation of biodiversity in this part of Europe.
PB - Elsevier
T2 - Biodiversity and Biomedicine: our future
T1 - Potential for cancer treatment: natural products from the Balkans
SP - 137
EP - 159
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-819541-3.00009-8
ER -
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abstract = "Natural products represent a key source of novel drug leads and their essential value in anticancer research is being increasingly recognized. The presence, quantity, and structural characteristics of natural compounds within the same species could differ between regions as a result of environmental variations contributing to intraspecific chemodiversity. The Balkan Peninsula is a vital part of Europe’s biodiversity, with a considerable number of endemic species and with a broad ecosystem distribution. This region provides an unlimited supply of unique, structurally diverse compounds and offers vast potential for discovering and developing therapeutics for human benefit. This chapter gives an overview of anticancer compounds derived from natural sources of the Balkans and underlines the importance for the long-term conservation of biodiversity in this part of Europe.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Biodiversity and Biomedicine: our future",
title = "Potential for cancer treatment: natural products from the Balkans",
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Dinić J, Novaković M, Pešić M. Potential for cancer treatment: natural products from the Balkans. Biodiversity and Biomedicine: our future. 2020;:137-159
Dinić, J., Novaković, M.,& Pešić, M. (2020). Potential for cancer treatment: natural products from the Balkans.
Biodiversity and Biomedicine: our futureElsevier., 137-159.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819541-3.00009-8
Dinić Jelena, Novaković Miroslav, Pešić Milica, "Potential for cancer treatment: natural products from the Balkans" (2020):137-159,
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819541-3.00009-8 .
