Natural Product Chemistry: Proceedings of the First International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S. Binational Workshop, Karachi, Pakistan

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Chemical Constituents of Some Medicinal Plants of Pakistan....Pages 1-22
Hypcholesterolemic Effect of Allium sativum Linn. and its Potential Protective Action Against Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 23-44
Synthesis, Structure Activity Relationships and Mode of Action of Insect Pheromones....Pages 45-64
New Constituents from Compositae....Pages 65-89
X-ray Diffraction and Marine Natural Products....Pages 90-107
Biosynthesis of Riboflavin....Pages 108-120
Conversion of Anhydrovinblastine into Vinblastine in Catharanthus roseus Tissue Culture....Pages 121-132
Chemistry of Pakistani Artemisias....Pages 133-153
Biogenetic Aspects of Sesquiterpene Lactone Chemistry....Pages 154-174
Synthetic Study of Natural Products Via Three-Membered Heterocycles....Pages 175-194
Studies in the Alkaloids of Rauwolfia caffra Sonder....Pages 195-212
The Oxidative Metabolism of the Aromatic A-Ring of Steroidal Estrogens....Pages 213-226
Pyranoid Chiral Building Blocks: Preparation from Monosaccharides and Utilization for Natural Product Synthesis....Pages 227-254
Gastrin and Cholecystokinin....Pages 255-280
Glycoprotein Structure Function Relationship: Study of Epithelial Cell Secretion....Pages 281-306
Cyclization Approaches to the Synthesis of Natural Products....Pages 307-317
Chemical Defense and Self-Defense in Termites....Pages 318-329
Some Recent Isolation Structural and Synthetic Studies on the Constituents of Indigenous Medicinal Plants....Pages 330-357
A Chemical Power of Movement in Higher Plants....Pages 358-382
Natural Product Synthesis Via Functionally Substituted Vinyl Carbanions....Pages 383-403
The Alkaloids of Zizyphus sativa ....Pages 404-429
Some Contributions to Researches on Medicinal Plants in a Historical Context....Pages 430-440
Advanced Techniques in Mass Spectrometry....Pages 441-456
New Reagents and Methods for the Synthesis of Peptides, β-Lactams and Oligonucleotides....Pages 457-484
Hypothalamic Hormones, Aspects of Structure, Synthesis and Biological Activity....Pages 485-507
Structural Studies on Unusual Peptides....Pages 508-535
Primary Structure of Hemoglobin from Reptile Uromastix hardwickii and its Status in Molecular Evolution....Pages 536-551
Back Matter....Pages 553-564