Artemisinin and Nitric Oxide Mechanisms and Implications in Disease and Health /

• Main Author: Zeng, Qing-Ping (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Cancer research.; Medicinal chemistry.; Diabetes.; Geriatrics.; Rheumatology.; Neurobiology.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Cancer Research.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.

This book discusses both the beneficial and harmful aspects of NO in biology and medicine, and also introduces the emerging discovery of artemisinin in antitumor, antibacterial infection, anti-inflammation, and antiaging contexts. In 1992 nitric oxide (NO) was voted “Molecule of the Year” by Science...

Table of Contents:

• Background
• Biological Features of NO and Pharmacological Principles of ART
• ART for Antitumor
• ART for Antibacterial Infection
• ART for Anti-inflammation
• ART for Antiaging
• Prospective.