Studies in Natural Products Chemistry

by Atta-ur-Rahman

• ISBN13: 9780444515100
• ISBN10: 0444515100
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-03
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

Natural products play an integral and ongoing role in promoting numerous aspects of scientific advancement, and many aspects of basic research programs are intimately related to natural products. The significance, therefore, of the 29th volume in the Studies in Natural Product Chemistry series, edited by Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, cannot be overestimated. This volume, in accordance with previous volumes, presents us with cutting-edge contributions of great importance. - Volume 29 is part of a great family of useful reference books - Illustrates the types of critical discoveries that emerge from the interface of chemistry and biology - Contributions are from well-respected authors

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Preface	xi
Contributors	xi
Ecdysteroid Structure-Activity Relationships
LAURENCE DINAN	3	(70)
Potentially Cancer Chemopreventive and Anti-Inflammatory Terpenoids from Natural Sources
TOSHIHIRO AKIHISA, KEN YASUKAWA AND HARUKUNI TOKUDA	73	(54)
Total Synthesis of Biologically Intriguing Drimane-Type Sesquiterpenoids Via Intranmulecular Diels-Alder Approaches
YOSHIKAZU SUZUKI, KEN-ICHT TAKAO AND KIN-ICHT TADANO	127	(42)
Synthesis of Bioactive Diterpenes
AJOY K. BANERJEE, POS. POON NG AND MANUEL S. LAYA	169	(54)
Search for Bioactive Natural Products from Unexploited Microbial Resources
MASAMI ISHIBASHI	223	(40)
Polyhydroxy p-Terphenyls and Related p-Terphenylquinones from Fungi: Overview and Biological Properties
VALERIA CALI, CARMELA SPATAFORA AND CORRADO TRINGALI	263	(46)
Halogen-Containing Antibiotics from Streptomycetes
T. REZANKA AND J. SPIZEK	309	(46)
Natural Bridged Biaryls with Axial Chirality and Antimitotic Properties
OLIVIER BAUDOIN AND FRANÇOISE GUÉRITTE	355	(64)
Synthetic Studies on Biologically Active Alkaloids Starting from Lactam-Type Chiral Building Blocks
NAOKT TOYOOKA AND HIDEO NEMOTO	419	(30)
Advances in Chemical Synthesis of Carbasugars and Analogues
GLORIA RASSU, LUCIANA AUZZAS, LUIGI PINNA, LUCIA BATTISTINI AND CLAUDIO CURTI	449	(72)
The Biosynthesis and Properties of Anti-Carbohydrate Antibodies
JOHN H. PAZUR	521	(46)
Protein and Non-Protein Protease Inhibitors from Plants
GIDEON M. POLYA	567	(76)
Generating and Screening A Natural Product Library for Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Dual Inhibitors
QI JIA	643	(76)
The Chemistry and Biology of Lapachol and Related Natural Products α and β-Lapachones
ANGEL G. RAVELO, ANA ESTÉVEZ-BRAUN, ELISA PÉREZ-SACAU	719	(42)
The Chemistry and Pharmacology of the Genus Dorstenia (Moraceae)
BONAVENTURE T. NGADJUI AND BERHANU M. ABEGAZ	761	(46)
Subject Index	807