Natural Products in the New Millennium: Prospects and Industrial Application (Hardcover, 2002)

Dedication. Preface by the Editors. Acknowledgements. Contributors. 1: Terrestial Natural Products: Isolation, Structure Characterization, Analytical Methods, Chemodifferentiation. Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids: Their Chemistry, Occurrence and Significance as Natural Compounds; T. Mroczek, K. Glowniak. Chemical Composition of Artemisia campestris and Hibiscus cannabinus; A.M.S. Silva, et al. Novel Coumarin Sulfates from Pelargonium sidoides: Isolation, Structure and Synthetic Approach; H. Kolodziej, et al. Study of the Methanol Extract of Euphorbia segetalis; A.M. Madureira, et al. A Short Side Chain Cycloartane and other Triterpenes from Euphorbia tuckeyana; F.C. Pinto, et al. 2: Bioactivity of Natural Products. Ethnobotany. The Chemistry and Allelopathic Effects of Phenolic Compounds from the Lichen Evernia prunastri (L.) ACH; A.G. Gonzalez, et al. Anti-Salmonella Activity of Olive Flavor Compounds and Their Modes of Action; I. Kubo. In Vitro Anti-Inflammatory and AntiMicrobial Activities of Phenylpropanoids from Piper Betle L. (Piperaceae); L.A.D. Williams, et al. Chemical Constituents and their Antimicrobial Activity from the Roots of Cephalaria Ambrosioides; S. Pasi, et al. Composition and Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oils of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Growing in Greece; E. Harvala, et al. Antimicrobial Activity of Dehydroabietic Acid Derivatives (II); S.S. Feio, et al. 3: Industrial Applications. Natural Products for Medicinal Purposes. Drugs from Nature: Present Development and Future Prospects; G.M. Cragg, D.J. Newman. Plant Secondary Metabolites with Immunomodulatory Activity; A. Kijjoa. NaturalPyranoacridones from Citrus and Sarcmelicope Species as Models for the Conception of New Antitumor Agents; F. Tillequin. Flavonolignans from Silybum Marianum L.: New Perspectives; M. Maitrejean, et al. 4: Plant Cell Biotechnology: Production of Natural Products. New Perspectives for Plant Secondary Metabolite Production; R. Verpoorte, et al. Production of Phenolics by In Vitro Cultures of Hypericum perforatum: A Case Study; A.C.P. Dias, M.F. Ferreira. New Strategies to Produce High-Value Secondary Plant Metabolites from Shoot Cultures Involving a Sustainable Photobioreactor System; A. Kirakosyan, P. Kaufman. 5: Synthesis of Natural Products. Chemical Transformations of Natural Compounds; J.A.S. Cavaleiro, et al. Total Synthesis of Tamariscene; C. Paul, W.A. Konig. Enantioselective Synthesis of (-)-(6r,7s)-Nitramine; K.A. Tehrani, et al. Isolation and Synthesis of 4-Rhamno-Glucosinalbin, the Major Glucosinolate from Moringa Oleifera; D. Gueyrard, et al. High Yield Synthesis of Friedelane and Seco Friederlane Derivatives from Cord Smoker Wash Solids; C. Moiteiro, et al. Aromatization of Limonene with Zeolites Y; C. Lopes, et al. 6: Marine Natural Products: Analysis, Structure Elucidation, Bio-Activity and Potential Use as Drugs. Mediterranean Marine Organisms as Source of New Potential Drugs; S.De Rosa. Chemical Variability of the Volatile Metabolites from the Caribbean Corals of the Genus Gorgonia; V. Roussis, et al. Novel Brominated Diterpenes from the Red Alga Laurencia Obtusa; N. Mihopoulos, et al. The Production of &agr;-Tocopherol, Sterols and Fatty Acids by Three Marine Microalgae; N.M. Bandarra, et al. Preliminary