The Alkaloids, 52
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780080865768
Description: Alkaloids are a major group of natural products derived from a variety of organisms, which are widely used as medicinal and biological agents. This Series is world-renowned as the leading compilation of current reviews of this vast field. Internationally acclaimed for more than 40 years, this Series, founded by the late Professor R.H.F. Manske, continues to provide outstanding coverage of the rapidly expanding field of the chemotaxonomy, structure elucidation, synthesis, biosynthesis, and biology of all classes of alkaloids from higher and lower plants, marine organisms, or various terrestrial.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; The Alkaloids, Volume 52; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Alkaloids from Sri Lankan Flora; Chapter 2. The Sarpagine Group of Indole Alkaloids; Chapter 3. Pharmacology of Ibogaine and Ibogaine-Related Alkaloids; Chapter 4. Chemistry and Biology of Steroidal Alkaloids from Marine Organisms; Chapter 5. The Monoterpene Alkaloids; Cumulative Index of Titles; Index.