Bioactive Natural Products (Part E): V24

by Atta-ur Rahman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780080542003
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	12/22/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1170
File size:	55 MB
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About the Author

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 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	v
	Preface	vii
	Contributors	xi
	Ecdysteroid Structure-Activity Relationships	3
	Potentially Cancer Chemopreventive and Anti-Inflammatory Terpenoids from Natural Sources	73
	Total Synthesis of Biologically Intriguing Drimane-Type Sesquiterpenoids Via Intramolecular Diels-Alder Approaches	127
	Synthesis of Bioactive Diterpenes	169
	Search for Bioactive Natural Products from Unexploited Microbial Resources	223
	Polyhydroxy-p-Terphenyls and Related p-Terphenylquinones from Fungi: Overview and Biological Properties	263
	Halogen-Containing Antibiotics from Streptomycetes	309
	Natural Bridged Biaryls with Axial Chirality and Antimitotic Properties	355
	Synthetic Studies on Biologically Active Alkaloids Starting from Lactam-Type Chiral Building Blocks	419
	Advances in Chemical Synthesis of Carbasugars and Analogues	449
	The Biosynthesis and Properties of Anti-Carbohydrate Antibodies	521
	Protein and Non-Protein Protease Inhibitors from Plants	567
	Generating and Screening A Natural Product Library for Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Dual Inhibitors	643
	The Chemistry and Biology of Lapachol and Related Natural Products [alpha] and [beta]-Lapachones	719
	The Chemistry and Pharmacology of the Genus Dorstenia (Moraceae)	761
	Subject Index	807