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Chemistry of Plant Natural Products Stereochemistry, Conformation, Synthesis, Biology, and Medicine /

Aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers working with natural products, Professors Sunil and Bani Talapatra provide a highly accessible compilation describing all aspects of plant natural products. Beginning with a general introduction to set the context, the authors the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Talapatra, Sunil Kumar (Autor), Talapatra, Bani (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.  .