Noel Owen

Keywords isolation, structural elucidation, cancer therapeautic agents, rhamnaecae zizphus obtusifolia College Physical and Mathematical Sciences Department Chemistry and Biochemistry Abstract Many important and useful biological compounds are found in plants. Extensive work has been done on evaluating anti-cancer 1, 2, anti-malarial 3, and anti-viral 4 properties of plants. The Yaqui Indians of northern Mexico have traditionally used many natural products to cure various diseases.

Keywords antibiotic compounds, plant microbes, penicillin, infectious diseases College Physical and Mathematical Sciences Department Chemistry and Biochemistry Abstract The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Flemming in the early twentieth century is seen as one of the most significant medical advances in the past 100 years. Millions of people have had their lives preserved or prolonged due to the use of effective antibiotics since their discovery and wide-spread use.