Natural products play an integral and ongoing role in promoting numerous aspects of scientific advancement, and many aspects of basic research programs are intimately related to natural products. The significance, therefore, of the Studies in Natural Product Chemistry series, edited by Professor Atta-ur-Rahman, cannot be overestimated. This volume, in accordance with previous volumes, presents us with cutting-edge contributions of great importance.
Atta-ur-Rahman, Professor Emeritus, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (H. E. J. Research Institute of Chemistry and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research), University of Karachi, Pakistan, was the Pakistan Federal Minister for Science and Technology (2000-2002), Federal Minister of Education (2002), and Chairman of the Higher Education Commission with the status of a Federal Minister from 2002-2008. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) and an UNESCO Science Laureate. He is a leading scientist with more than 1283 publications in several fields of organic chemistry.
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The metabolism and biochemical actions of aklaloids in animals, (T. Robinson); Using chemical ecology to locate new antifungal natural products, (S.J. Eckerman et al.); Natural triterpenoids as anti-inflammatory agents, (J.L. Rios et al.); Current status of the chemistry and synthesis of natural antimalarial compounds and natural substances used to alleviate symptoms of diabetes (aldose reductase and A-glucosidase inhibitors), (K. Kawanishi, N.R. Farnsworth); A diradical route to bioactive natural products and their analogues, (R.D. Little, M.M. Ott); Bioactive fungal natural products through classic and biocombinatorial approaches, (Z.-D. Jiang, Z. An); The chemistry of 2-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acid, (F. Fulop); Structure-activity relationship of flavonoids as antioxidant and pro-oxidant compounds, (P. Cos et al.); Recent advances in the search for antioxidant activity in South American plants, (C. Desmarchelier et al.); Insect juvenile hormones in plants, (J.C. Bede, S.S. Tobe); Antiulcer and gastroprotective activity of flavonic compounds - mechanisms involved, (M.J. Martin et al.); Simple flavones possessing complex biological activity, (S. Tahara, J.L. Ingham); Medicinal plants with anticonvulsant activities, (M. Raza et al.); Chemistry, structure and biological activity of anthracenones of the Karwinskia genus, (A. Pieyro-Lopez, N. Waksman); Bioactive natural products derived from Polygonum species of plants: their structure and mechanisms of action, (N. Ogwuru, M. Adamczeski); Hypericum perforatum - St. John's Wort - chemical, pharmacological and clinical aspects, (C.A.J. Erdelmeier et al.); Tropane alkaloids: old drugs used in modern medicine (P. Christen).
