Bioactive Natural Products (Part D) (eBook)

V23

Atta-ur Rahman (Autor)

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2000 | 1. Auflage
924 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-054202-7 (ISBN)

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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 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.

Atta-ur-Rahman, Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 930 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Bioactive Natural Products 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 10
Foreword 6
Preface 8
Contributors 12
Chapter 1. Microbial Models of Mammalian Metabolism, Sampangines 18
Chapter 2. Ansamycin AntibioticsA Discovery, Classification, Biosynthesis and Biological Activities 66
Chapter 3. (1–3,1–6)-b-D-Glucans of Yeasts and Fungi and their Biological Activity 122
Chapter 4. Organic Chemistry and Biological Activity of Metabolites Derived from Marine Sea Plumes, Pseudopterogorgia species of Gorgonian Octacorals 168
Chapter 5. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Okinawan Sponges and Tunicates 200
Chapter 6. Aromatic Alkaloids from Ascidians 248
Chapter 7. Bioactive Quassinoids 300
Chapter 8. Coumarins, The Bioactive Structures with Antifungal Property 350
Chapter 9. Chemical and Biological Perspectives of Ellagitannin Oligomers from Medicinal Plants 410
Chapter 10. Recent Studies on the Chemistry and Biological Activities of the Organosulfur Compounds of Garlic (Allium sativum) 470
Chapter 11. Chemistry of Some Natural Products of Biological Interest 502
Chapter 12. Bioactive Constituents of the Family Dipterocarpaceae 546
Chapter 13. The Veratrum Alkaloids: Natural Tools for Studying Embryonic Development 578
Chapter 14. Chemical and Biological Evaluation of Genus Teucrium 606
Chapter 15. Ethnobotanical Uses of Celastraceae. Bioactive Metabolites 664
Chapter 16. Antioxidant Phenolic Metabolites from Fruit and Vegetables and Changes During Postharvest Storage and Processing 754
Chapter 17. Phytochemistry of the Zingiberaceae 812
Subject Index 882

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.11.2000
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie ► Organische Chemie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-054202-6 / 0080542026
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-054202-7 / 9780080542027