Edited by leading scientists who have contributed enormously to natural product development and potential anticancer natural products, Anticancer Agents from Natural Products provides a historical, biochemical, and chemical rationale to the search for plant, marine, or microbial sources that may provide future templates for drug lead optimization and synthetic drug design. It provides an analysis of the research and development of some of the most effective anticancer agents available that are natural products or clearly derived from natural product leads. It is an ideal foundation for scientists engaged in developing new and improved drugs based on natural sources.