Chemistry of Plant Natural Products Stereochemistry, Conformation, Synthesis, Biology, and Medicine /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Talapatra, Sunil Kumar (Συγγραφέας), Talapatra, Bani (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Chemistry.; Pharmacy.; Pharmacology.; Organic chemistry.; Medicinal chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Biochemistry, general.

Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers working with natural products, Professors Sunil and Bani Talapatra provide a highly accessible compilation describing all aspects of plant natural products. Beginning with a general introduction to set the context, the authors the...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: enzymes, cofactors/coenzymes, primary and secondary metabolites, natural products and their functions, plant chemical ecology, biosynthesis, metabolic pathways
• Fundamental Stereochemical Concepts and Nomenclatures
• Important Biological Events Occurring in Plants
• Natural Products Chemistry
• Biosynthesis of Terpenoids, The Oldest Natural Products
• Monoterpenoids (C10)
• Sesquiterpenoids (C15)
• Diterpenoids (C20)
• Sesterpenoids (C25)
• Triterpenes
• Steroids: Cholesterol and Other Phytosterols
• Carotenoids-GGPP Derived Polyisoprenoid (C40) Coloring Pigments
• Shikimic Acid Pathway
• Polyketide Pathway, Biosynthesis of Diverse Clases of Aromatic Compounds
• Alkaloids: General Introduction
• Hygrine, Hygroline and Cuscohygrine (Ornithine-Derived Alkaloids)
• Coniine, Conhydrine and Pseudoconhydrine
• Nicotine
• Atropine [(±)-Hyoscyamine] and Cocaine
• Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine
• Pilocarpine and Isopilocarpine
• Papaverine
• Morphine, Codeine, Thebaine
• Colchicine
• Quinine: Cinchona Alkalods
• Reserpine
• Strychnine, an Alkaloid with Heptacyclic Dense Molecular Scaffold
• Dimeric Indole Alkaloids:Vinblastine (Vincaleukoblastine), Vineristine (Leurocristine) and Their Derivatives
• Some More Alkaloids Having Diverse Skeletal Patterns
• Important Outcomes of Chemical Studies on Natural Products
• Chiral Recognition in Biological Systems and Natural Chiral Auxiliaries
• Natural Products in the Parlor of Pharmaceuticals
• Organic Phytonutrients and Their Functions
• Appendices.  .