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Abstract
This review is a brief treatise on some simple β-carboline alkaloids that are abundantly available in plants, animals and foodstuff. These alkaloids are well known for their pharmacological action as well as their allelopathic behaviour. The focus of this review is on sustainable use of naturally occurring compounds in safeguarding human health and protecting our environment at large i.e. the prospective applications of these molecules for Sustainable Theranostics . The review commences with an initial introduction to the β-carboline alkaloids, followed by an outlay of their geographical distribution and natural abundance, then the basic structure and building units of the simplest β-carboline alkaloids have been mentioned. This is followed by a discussion on the important methods of extraction from natural sources both plants and animals. Then the foundation for the use of these alkaloids in Sustainable Theranostics has been built by discussing their interesting photophysics, interactions with important biological molecules and an extensive survey of their therapeutic potential and allelopathic behaviour. Finally the review ends with a silver lining mentioning the future prospective applications of these alkaloids with special relevance to sustainability issues.
Funding source: University of Kalyani Rusa Grant
Award Identifier / Grant number: IP/RUSA(C-10)/11/2021
Funding source: DST-INSPIRE, Govt. of India
Award Identifier / Grant number: Ref. No. IF170936
Acknowledgements
S. De thanks University of Kalyani for generous grant of the RUSA Scheme IP/RUSA(C-10)/11/2021. P Bhattacharya thanks DST-INSPIRE, Govt. of India for research fellowship [Ref. No. IF170936]. Above all, the authors thank the Editor, Professor P. Ramasami for the kind invitation to submit a Book Chapter.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: This work was funded by RUSA Scheme IP/RUSA (C-10)/11/2021.2) and DST-INSPIRE, Govt. of India, [Ref. No. IF170936].
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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