Chemistry of plant natural products : stereochemistry, conformation, synthesis, biology, and medicine /: stereochemistry, conformation, synthesis, biology, and medicine. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sunil Kumar Talapatra, Bani Talapatra ; with a foreword by Professor K.C. Nicolaou.
• Authors: Talapatra, Sunil Kumar; Talapatra, Bani
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Heidelberg : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (lxiii, 1180 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 572/.2; Natural products; Biochemistry; Botanical chemistry; Plant products; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry; Biochemistry; Botanical chemistry; Natural products; Plant products; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783642454103; 3642454100; 3642454097; 9783642454097
• Related ISBNs: 9783642454097
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 10, 2015).
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