About the Book
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.
Table of Contents:
Microbial models of mammalian metabolism, Sampangines, (K.Y. Orabi); Ansamycin antibiotics discovery, classification, biosynthesis and biological activities, (S. Funayama, G.A. Cordell). (1-3, 1-6)-B-D-Glucans of yeasts and fungi and their biological activity, (G. Kogan); Organic chemistry and biological activity of metabolites derived from marine sea plumes, pseudopterogorgia species of gorgonian octacorals, (E. Katz, M. Adamczeski); Bioactive secondary metabolites from Okinawan sponges and tunicates, (J. Kobayashi, M. Ishibashi); Aromatic alkaloids from ascidians, (B.F. Bowden); Bioactive quassinoids, (M. Okano, N. Fukamiya, K.H. Lee); Coumarins, the bioactive structures with antifungal property, (S. Sardari, S. Nishibe, M. Daneshtalab); Chemical and biological perspectives of ellagitannin oligomers from medicinal plants, (T. Yoshida, T. Hatano, H. Ito, T. Okuda); Recent studies on the chemistry and biological activities of the organosulfur compounds of garlic (Allinum sativum), (A. Kamel, M. Saleh); Chemistry of some natural products of biological interest, (S.M. Mahato); Bioactive constituents of the family Dipterocarpaceae, (E. Seo, A.D. Kinghorn).;The veratrum alkaloids: natural tools for studying embryonic development, (W. Gaffield); Chemical and biological evaluation of genus Teucrium, (A. Ulubelen, G. Topcu, U. Sonmez); Ethnobotanical used of celastracae, Bioactive metabolites, (A.G. Gonzalez, I.L. Bazzocchi, L. Moujir, I.A. Jimenez); Antioxidant phenolic metabolites from fruit and vegetables and changes during postharvest storage and processing, (F.A. Tomas-Barberan, F. Ferreres, M.I. Gil); Phytochemistry of the Zingiberaceae, (O. Pancharoen, U. Prawat, P. Tuntiwachwuttikul).
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.
