Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference (한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2010.10a
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- Pages.12-12
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- 2010
Bioactive compounds and their future prospects
- Kumar, Brajesh (Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University) ;
- Survay, Nazneen Shaik (Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University) ;
- Me, Jang (Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University) ;
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Ko, Eun-Young
(Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University) ;
- Seok, Eom-Hee (Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University) ;
- Upadhyay, Chandrama Prakash (Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University) ;
- Awasthi, Satish Kumar (Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University) ;
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Park, Se-Won
(Department of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Life & Environmental Science Konkuk University)
- Published : 2010.10.07
Abstract
Nature applied flavanoids, glucosinolates and peptides for a great variety of functions. Flavanoids and glucosinolates are rich source of antioxidants, generally present in colored fruits and vegetables. Quercetin and its glucosides areone of the best examples of flavonol used in daily diet. Whereas peptides can act as antimicrobial, chemical messenger, neurotransmitter etc that regulating various life processes. Aspartame, a dipeptide is used as artificial sweetener and oxytocin for medical purposes, gained importance in everyday life. So, flavanoids, glucosinolates, peptides and their derivatives continue to hold the attention of synthetic chemists, agriculturists and biologists. Apart from a variety of naturally occurring bioactive metabolites, we are aiming to extract, separate and synthesize new analogs of promising natural drug candidates.
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