Bioactive Natural Products

Content: 
Foreword
Pages v-vi
Atta-ur-Rahman

Preface
Page vii
A. Ian Scott

Contributors
Pages xiii-xvii

Triterpenoid saponins from Caryophyllaceae family Original Research Article
Pages 3-61
Zhonghua Jia, Kazuo Koike, Niranjan P. Sahu, Tamotsu Nikaido

Recent developments in the total synthesis of bioactive marine fatty acids Original Research Article
Pages 63-94
Néstor M. Carballeira

Some aspects of the chemistry of secologanin Original Research Article
Pages 95-148
László F. Szabó

The lignans of Podophyllum Original Research Article
Pages 149-182
Rita M. Moraes, Franck E. Dayan, Camilo Canel

New findings on the bioactivity of lignans Original Research Article
Pages 183-292
José Luis Ríos, Rosa M Giner, José M Prieto

Croscus sativus-biological active constitutents Original Research Article
Pages 293-312
M. Liakopoulou-Kyriakides, D.A. Kyriakidis

Chemical components of Fraxinus ornus bark — Structure and biological activity Original Research Article
Pages 313-349
Ivanka N. Kostova, Tanya Iossifova

Natural compounds for the management of undesirable freshwater phytoplankton blooms Original Research Article
Pages 351-389
Kevin K. Schrader, Agnes M. Rimando, Stephen O. Duke

Pharmacological activities and applications of Salvia sclarea and Salvia desoleana essential oils Original Research Article
Pages 391-423
Alessandra T. Peana, Mario D.L. Moretti

Secondary metabolites with antinematodal activity Original Research Article
Pages 425-506
Emilio L. Ghisalberti

Resveratrol oligomers: Structure, chemistry, and biological activity Original Research Article
Pages 507-579
Robert H. Cichewicz, Samir A. Kouzi

Bioactive metabolites from phytopathogenic bacteria and plants Original Research Article
Pages 581-628
Antonio Evidente, Andrea Mottats

Rubia tinctorum L. Original Research Article
Pages 629-684
Goverdina C.H. Derksen, Teris A. Van Beek

The chemistry and toxicology of bioactive compounds in bracken fern (Pteridium SSP), with special reference to chemical ecology and carcinogenesis Original Research Article
Pages 685-739
Miguel. E. Alonso-Amelot

Flavonoids as nutraceuticals: Structural related antioxidant properties and their role on ascorbic acid preservation Original Research Article
Pages 741-778
F.R. Marín, M.J. Frutos, J.A. Pérez-Alvarez, F Martinez-Sánchez, J.A. Del Río

Natural products as potential antiparasitic drugs Original Research Article
Pages 779-848
Oliver Kayser, Albrecht F. Kiderlen, Simon L. Croft

Natural insecticides: Structure diversity, effects and structure-activity relationships. A case study Original Research Article
Pages 849-879
A. González-Coloma, M. Reina, C. Gutiérrez, B.M. Fraga

Occurrence, structure and bioactivity of 1,7-diarylheptanoids Original Research Article
Pages 881-908
Claeson Per, Ubonwan P. Claeson, Patoomratana Tuchinda, Vichai Reutrakul

Nitric oxide: Chemistry and bioactivity in animal and plant cells Original Research Article
Pages 909-963
David Wendehenne, Aure Dussably, Ean-Francois Jeannin, Alain Pugin

O-aminophenol-type tryptophan metabolites: 3-hydroxykynurenine, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, and theirrole in living organisms Original Research Article
Pages 965-1028
Antonio Rescigno, Enrico Sanjust

New contributions to the structure elucidation and pharmacology of Strychnos alkaloids Original Research Article
Pages 1029-1072
P. Rasoanaivo, M-T. Martin, E. Guittet, F. Frappier

Occurrence of biologically active 2-thioxopyrrolidines and 3,5-disubstituted 2-thiohydantoins from the pungent principle of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Original Research Article
Pages 1073-1111
Yasushi Uda, Yoshio Ozawa, Koichi Yoneyama

Structure, occurrence and roles of carbohydrates with the hexo-D-manno configuration Original Research Article
Pages 1113-1173
Norman K. Matheson

The chemistry of lithistid sponge: A spectacular source of new metabolites Original Research Article
Pages 1175-1258
M. Valeria D'Auria, Angela Zampella, Franco Zollo

Copper/topa quinone-containing amine oxidases — Recent research developments Original Research Article
Pages 1259-1299
Marek àebela, Ivo Frébort, Marek Petřivalský, Pavel Peč

Subject index
Pages 1301-1347