New Trends in Natural Product

Rahman

CRC Press, May 22, 1998 - Science - 305 pages

Based on presentations made during the 6th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, this book is divided into two broad sections. Section A includes articles on synthetic routes developed to complex natural products, while Section B is a compilation of discoveries of new natural products and their pharmacological properties.
There are several chapters devoted to various advances in the ongoing quest for improved anticancer agents from natural sources, be they from plants, marine organisms or microorganisms. Approaches to the development of new antimalarial agents are reviewed, as are strategies for cancer chemopreventive agents.

Contents

• Open Chain 13Stereocontrol: 1
• Synthetic Studies on AntiTumour Alkaloids: 17
• Synthetic Studies on Antitumor Antibiotics: 39
• Epoxy Sulfonate Pyranoses Valuable Intermediates: 47
• Recent Studies on Biologically Active Natural Products: 57
• Discovery and Characterization of Natural Product: 95
• Cytotoxic Macrocycles from Marine Sponges: 109
• Logical Approach to Structure Elucidation of: 121
• New Natural Products from Indigenous: 145
• Recent Advances in the Chemistry of: 159
• Bioactive Compounds from the Leaves and Pods of: 175
• New Alkaloids and Biological Activities of Turkish: 187
• Antibacterial Activity Directed Isolation Studies on the: 197
• New Diterpenoid Alkaloids from some Aconitum Species: 205
• The Nature of the: 221
• Effect of the Imidazoline Compounds on: 235
• Diterpenoid Alkaloids from Turkish: 247
• Chemical and Microbiological Studies on Two: 261
• Measurement of the Sympatholytic Activity in: 269
• The Inhibition of Platelet Aggregation and the Related: 279
• Index: 287
• Contributors: 297

About the author

Atta-ur-Rahman, a leading scientist and scholar in the field of organic chemistry from Pakistan, obtained his Ph.D. from Cambridge University (1968) and was later honored by Doctor of Science degree. The Government of Pakistan has conferred four civil awards, Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (1983), Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1991), Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1998), and the highest national civil award Nishan-i-Imtiaz (2002), in recognition of his contributions. In July 2006, he was elected as a Fellow of Royal Society ( London). He has secured numerous other national and international prizes and awards. Presently, Rahman is the Editor-in-Chief/Executive Editor of fifteen leading European Chemistry journals. He is also the Coordinator General of COMSTECH, an OIC Ministerial Committee comprising the 57 Ministers of Science and Technology from 57 OIC member countries. He served as the Federal Minister for Science and Technology (14th March, 2000 - 20th November, 2002). Currently, he is Federal Minister/Chairman of the Higher Education Commission and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Science and Technology. Editor of five book-series entitled "Studies in Natural Product Chemistry", 32 volumes of which have been published during the last 14 years. He also edits "Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry", "C-13-NMR of Natural Products", "Advances in Organic Chemistry", "Advances in Organic Synthesis" and "Frontiers in Drug Design and Discovery".

Bibliographic information

• Title: New Trends in Natural Product
• Author: Rahman
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: CRC Press, 1998
• ISBN: 9057022877, 9789057022876
• Length: 305 pages
• Subjects: Science / Chemistry / General