Studies in Natural Products Chemistry.Vol.37

Botanical Medicines for Diuresis: Cross-Cultural Comparisons
The Artemisia L. Genus: a Review of Bioactive Sesquiterpene Lactones
Secondary Metabolites with Antinematodal Activity from Higher Plants
Beneficial Health Effects of Bioactive Compounds Present in Spices and Aromatic Herbs
Bioactive Plant Isoprenoids: Biosynthetic and Biotechnological Approaches
Trypanocidal Monoterpenes: Lead Compounds to Design Future Trypanocidal Drugs
Plant and Fungi 3,4-Dihydroisocoumarins: Structures, Biological Activity and Taxonomic Relationships
The Modern Analytical Determination of Botanicals and Similar Novel Natural Products by the HPTLC Fingerprint Approach
Natural Antioxidants (NAO) of Plants Acting as Scavengers of Free Radicals
Bioactive Natural Products as Potential Candidates to Control Aedes Aegypti, the Vector of Dengue
Subject Index

Rahman, Atta-ur-

Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS, D.Phil., TI, SI HI, NI, is a leading scientist and scholar in the field of organic chemistry from Pakistan, especially renowned for his research in the various areas relating to natural product chemistry. With over 909 publications in the field of his expertise including 116 books largely published by leading publishers in Europe and USA and 27 patents, he is also credited for reviving the higher education and research practices in Pakistan.

Prof. Rahman was elected as Fellow of Royal Society (London) in July 2006 thereby becoming one of the 4 scientists from the Muslim world to have ever won this honor in the last 350 years when the Royal Society was established. He is also the only scientist from the Muslim world to have been conferred the UNESCO Science Prize in 1999.[11] He has been conferred honorary doctorate degrees by many universities including the degree of Doctor of Science (Sc.D.) by Cambridge University (UK) (1987) and an Honorary degree of Doctor of Education by Coventry University UK in November 2007. He was elected Honorary Life Fellow of Kings College, Cambridge University, UK in 2007. Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was conferred the TWAS Prize for Institution Building in Durban, South Africa in October 2009 in recognition of his contributions for bringing about revolutionary changes in the higher education sector in Pakistan. He was awarded the Engro Excellence Award in Science & Technology 2011 for meritorious contributions.

He is President of Network of Academies of Sciences of Islamic Countries (NASIC) and the Vice-President (Central & South Asia) of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) Council, and Foreign Fellow of Korean Academy of Sciences. Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman was the President of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2003-06), and was again elected President of Pakistan Academy of Sciences in January 2011.

He was the Federal Minister for Science and

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