Bioactive Natural Products

✍ Scribed by Atta-ur-Rahman (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
• Year: 2012
• Leaves: 488
• Series: Studies in Natural Products Chemistry 38
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xi-xiii

Preface
Pages xv-xvi
Atta-ur-Rahman

Studies in Natural Products Chemistry edited by Atta-ur-Rahman
Pages xvii-xviii

Chapter 1 - Phytoestrogens: “Estrogene-Like” Phytochemicals
Pages 1-35
Jelena Cvejić, Mira Bursać, Milica Atanacković

Chapter 2 - The Discovery and Synthesis of Brevisamide
Pages 37-51
Olugbeminiyi O. Fadeyi, Craig W. Lindsley

Chapter 3 - Recent Asymmetric Syntheses of Tetrahydroisoquinolines Using “Named” and Some Other Newer Methods
Pages 53-80
Ahmed L. Zein, Gopikishore Valluru, Paris E. Georghiou

Chapter 4 - 1-Methoxy-Canthin-6-One and Related β-Carbolines: From Natural Compound to Synthesis and Biological Activities
Pages 81-104
Antonella Peduto, Rosanna Filosa, Paolo de Caprariis, Vincenzo De Feo, Shiyou Li, Ping Wang, Laura De Martino

Chapter 5 - Fern Acylphloroglucinols: Structure, Location, and Biological Effects
Pages 105-157
Cecilia Socolsky, Marcela A. Hernández, Alicia Bardón

Chapter 6 - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase and Natural Phenolic Compounds in Cardiovascular Remodeling
Pages 159-190
Md Ashraful Alam, Shaikh Jamal Uddin, Lindsay Brown

Chapter 7 - Chemistry and Biological Activity of Diterpenoid Alkaloids
Pages 191-223
Koji Wada

Chapter 8 - Novel Plant-Derived Biomedical Agents and Their Biosynthetic Origin
Pages 225-245
Athar Ata

Chapter 9 - Histone Deacetylases as Cancer Chemoprevention Targets for Natural Products
Pages 247-267
Raimana Ho, Andreas Nievergelt, Claudia Simoes Pires, Muriel Cuendet

Chapter 10 - Natural Products: Strategic Tools for Modulation of Biofilm Formation
Pages 269-303
Tomáš Řezanka, Alena Čejková, Jan Masák

Chapter 11 - Medicinal Herbs and Plant Extracts for Influenza: Bioactivity, Mechanism of Anti-influenza Effects, and Modulation of Immune Responses
Pages 305-323
Heeson Chon

Chapter 12 - Bioactive Compounds from Marine Gorgonian Corals
Pages 325-351
Shu-Hua Qi

Chapter 13 - Natural Herbicides as a Safer and More Environmentally Friendly Approach to Weed Control: A Review of the Literature Since 2000
Pages 353-396
Guido Flamini

Chapter 14 - Recent Approaches Towards Selected Lamiaceae Plants for Their Prospective Use in Neuroprotection
Pages 397-415
Ilkay Erdogan Orhan, Fatma Sezer Senol, Bilge Sener

Chapter 15 - Phytochemicals: In Pursuit of Antitubercular Drugs
Pages 417-463
Sheeba Veluthoor, Preetha Badi, Keya Mukharjee, Vikramjit Mandal

Index
Pages 465-491