Medicinal Marine Life: Antimalarial Compounds
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- ISBN Number: 9789368647270
- Author: DR. SANTHANAM RAMESH, DR. VEINTRAMUTHU SANKAR, DR. RAMASAMY SANTHANAM
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publication Year: 2027
- Pages: 328
Overview
Malaria is an infectious disease caused mainly by the protozoan parasite, Plasmodium falciparum which is responsible for most severe diseases and most fatal cases. The emergence and spread of artemisinin-resistant malaria over the past 15 years has led to a recent rise in global malaria cases and represents a major public health concern. Though, the first malaria vaccine has been approved for clinical use in October of 2021after intense research efforts, its 36 % efficacy highlights the need for novel and effective drugs to combat malaria. Further, the majority of present antimalarials are the derivatives of previous efficient compounds thereby new treatments have not been implemented into clinical practice since 1996. Current research efforts should therefore focus on developing novel chemical classes of compounds to help fight drug resistant malaria. Marine ecosystems offer vast scope for the development of potential antimalarial drugs. Marine antimalarial compounds such as alkaloids, isonitrile-containing derivatives, and endoperoxides are natural secondary metabolites derived primarily from marine biota like cyanobacteria, sponges and soft corals. These unique molecules have been reported to exhibit strong ant-plasmodial activity against Plasmodium falciparum, including chloroquine-resistant strains.
Though few books are presently available on the Medicinal Marine Life, no books have hither-to-been published on the antimalarial marine life. The present title when published would therefore be of great use for students and teachers of the disciplines such as Marine Biology, Fisheries Science, Life Sciences, and Pharmaceutical Sciences besides serving as a potent reference source and manual for drug industries in the development of new, marine-biota based antimalarial drugs.
- About Author
Dr. Ramasamy Santhanam
Dr. Ramasamy Santhanam is the former Dean of the Fisheries College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (presently under Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University), Thoothukudi, TN, India. On invitation, he participated and presented research papers in 13 International Fisheries Science Conferences held at Canada, Japan, Panama, Denmark, Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea, and Australia. He has also served as a Resource Person for the Training Workshop organized by the Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Muscat, Oman. He was an active Member of the American Fisheries Society, United States; World Aquaculture Society, United States; Global Fisheries Ecosystem Management Network (GFEMN), United States; and the IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management, Switzerland. To his credit, Dr. Santhanam has 50 books published on various aspects of Marine Biology/Fisheries Science; and three of his books have been listed as “Best Marine Biology Books of All Time” by the World Book Authority.
Dr. Santhanam Ramesh
Dr. Santhanam Ramesh is presently serving as Vice-Principal, Karuna College of Pharmacy, Kerala University of Health Sciences, Palakkad, Kerala, India. He has 12 years of teaching and research experience. He was a Visiting Professor in the Medical Institute of the North- Caucasian State Humanitarian and Technological Academy (The state university), Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia. He is an Associate Member of the Academic Pharmacy Group of Royal Pharmaceutical Society, London; Member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research (ISPOR), USA; and Member of the British Society for Nanomedicine, U.K. To his credit, Dr. Ramesh has 19 books and 20 research papers.
Dr. Veintramuthu Sankar
Dr. Veintramuthu Sankar is serving as Vice-Principal at P.S.G. College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, TN, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience. He is an international expert of biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics; and on invitation, he has participated 4 international conferences held at Singapore, Malysia, and Hong Kong. He has also undergone advanced clinical training at Childrens’ Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada. He is the recipient of two Best Pharmacy Teacher Awards. Presently he is serving as the Editor of International Journal of Pharma Research; .and an active member of pharmacy bodies viz. IPA, APTI, IPGA and IHPA. To his credit, Dr. Sankar has one patent, two textbooks and more.
