This Issue Is Dedicated to Professor Francesco De Simone on the Occasion of His 72Nd Birthday
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This Issue is Dedicated to Professor Francesco De Simone on the Occasion of his 72nd Birthday Volume 4. Issue 12. Pages 1615-1798. 2009 ISSN 1934-578X (printed); ISSN 1555-9475 (online) www.naturalproduct.us NPC Natural Product Communications EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HONORARY EDITOR DR. PAWAN K AGRAWAL PROFESSOR GERALD BLUNDEN Natural Product Inc. The School of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences, 7963, Anderson Park Lane, University of Portsmouth, Westerville, Ohio 43081, USA Portsmouth, PO1 2DT U.K. [email protected] [email protected] EDITORS PROFESSOR ALESSANDRA BRACA ADVISORY BOARD Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganicae Biofarmacia, Universita di Pisa, Prof. Berhanu M. Abegaz Prof. Hartmut Laatsch via Bonanno 33, 56126 Pisa, Italy Gaborone, Botswana Gottingen, Germany [email protected] Prof. Viqar Uddin Ahmad Prof. Marie Lacaille-Dubois PROFESSOR DEAN GUO Karachi, Pakistan Dijon, France State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Prof. Øyvind M. 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Natural Product Communications Vol. 4 (12) 2009 Published online (www.naturalproduct.us) Editorial In Honor of the 72nd Birthday of Professor Francesco De Simone It is our great privilege and pleasure to introduce this issue, which is dedicated to Prof. Francesco De Simone, Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Salerno, on the occasion of his 72nd birthday. Prof. De Simone has made many outstanding contributions to the field of natural products science, particularly for the conservation of biodiversity through drug discovery. His research has been based on various aspect of modern pharmacognosy, offering valuable contributions to phytochemistry, food chemistry, and, more recently, pharmaceutical technology applied to herbal drug preparations. During his distinguished and productive career, spanning over 45 years, Francesco De Simone has either authored or co- authored over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications, 15 book chapters, some patent applications, and a great number of contributions in congress proceedings. Prof. De Simone, during his research activity, has paid particular attention to the enhancement of the value of traditional medicine in Latin American countries, including the conservation of their cultural and natural value. His efforts have represented an excellent opportunity to improve collaboration and to re-enforce networks between Italian and Latin American research groups. This issue, on the occasion of his 72nd birthday on June 27, 2009, represents a tribute to his outstanding scientific contributions and an opportunity to express congratulations and best wishes from all of us, colleagues and friends. Our personal thanks go also to all the authors, mostly of them Prof. De Simone’s friends, and reviewers who have contributed to the success of this special issue. Nunziatina De Tommasi Alessandra Braca Pawan K. Agrawal Natural Product Communications Vol. 4 (12) 2009 Published online (www.naturalproduct.us) Preface It is a pleasure for me, as a colleague and friend, to send wishes to Prof. Francesco De Simone on the occasion of his 72ns birthday. The first time I met Prof. De Simone was in October 1969, when I entered, as a student, the Institute of Medicinal and Toxicological Chemistry of the University of Naples. A strong friendship was quickly created between us: I have always appreciated the ecleptic knowledge of Prof. De Simone and his open minded vision of the world. From the beginning of the 1980s and for almost 20 years, we have been collaborating in very productive scientific work, studying the phytochemistry of medicinal plants from all over the world, but mainly from South America. During this period, mainly due to his efforts, a generation of highly able scientists has been created operating in the field of natural products. Apart from the high scientific value of Prof. De Simone as a chemist, I also recognize his ability in organizing and promoting science. From the end of the 1980s Prof. De Simone has been the main player in the activation of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Salerno, which is now a well organized and active Faculty. Prof. De Simone also deserves great credit for his efforts as Dean in the periods 1994-1999 and 2004-2008. Prof. Francesco De Simone’s research has focused on all major aspects of natural product science, including isolation, structure elucidation, and the biological evaluation of natural compounds in medicinal plants, foods and cosmetics. To Francesco, a very outstanding scientist, sincere thanks for his contribution to Phytochemistry! Prof. Cosimo Pizza Chairman of Italian Society of Phytochemistry University of Salerno, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Via Ponte Don Melillo 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy A Friend Named Ciccio I met for the first time Professor Francesco De Simone (friends call him ‘Ciccio’) in the Spring of 1995 when he, as Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy, asked me to move from University of Naples to the University of Salerno. I was somewhat sceptical, but, at the same time, I was impressed by his ability to list all